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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 491

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

b in chord in A & GE2

No b in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The missing b in the chord on the 2nd crotchet is almost certainly a mistake of the engraver of GE1 (→FE→EE). The note was added in GE2 on the basis of the clear notation of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 492

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Octave in EE, GC & FE

F in GE
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In GE F1 must have been omitted. Similarly to the previous bars, we replace the existing notation - 8 - with written out notes.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in GE , Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 494-502

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

 in A & GE2

No pedalling in GE1 (→FE→EE)

 & [] suggested by the editors
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No pedalling markings in GE1 (→FE→EE) must be an oversight – in A the  mark is written carelessly and just above the clef opening the line of the cello part in Morch, so it could have been unrecognised. According to us, Chopin wanted to hold pedal at least until the end of bar 501 – cf. an analogous situation in bars 353-356. In the main text we suggest it with a mark in bar 502.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 497

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

​​​​​​​in FE (→EE)

No sign in GE
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The missing ​​​​​​​ hairpin is probably an oversight of the engraver of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 504-507

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Long, short & 2 long accents in A (literal reading)

3 short accents in FC

2 short accents in GE1

4 short accents in A (contextual interpretation→FE→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)
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Three out of four L.H. accents in these bars are longer in A than the others, undoubtedly short (although not as long as the one in b. 503). The remaining sources contain short accents only, while FC is missing the last one, whereas GE1 – the last two. As the version of A we give the literal interpretation, with three long accents. However, in the main text we adopt short accents, since Chopin, by means of placement of an accent, i.e. under or over the notes, indicated whether an accent refers to the crotchet (over, short accent) or to the minim (under, long accent), and the discussed accents are written over the notes.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Errors of FC