Headline (HL)

Headlines appear above the music text in numerous Chopin first editions, centred at the top of the page. They are found above all in the chamber works (i.e. Opp. 3, 8 & 65, and Grand Duo Concertant) and in the orchestral parts for Opp. 2, 11, 13, 14, 21 & 22. Headlines also feature in the original editions of the Rondo Op. 73 (Piano I only); in the Wessel editions of Opp. 6 & 7 as well as the piano parts of the Grand Duo Con­certant and Opp. 2, 8 & 22; and in one Breitkopf & Härtel edition – that of the Concerto Op. 21.