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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 630-631

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

 in A

No markings in FC (→GE)

  in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we include the pedalling gradually added by Chopin:

  •  in A, most probably after the preparation of FC, which does not contain the mark;
  •  in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 634

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

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In FE, one can see traces of correction of the 2nd quaver from g1 to e1.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 637-639

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Staccato dots in A (→FC→GE1) & GE3

No marks in FE (→EE) & GE2
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In both manuscripts, these bars are a literal repetition of b. 186-188 (they are not written out in full), and like there, staccato dots in b. 637 and 639 are reproduced only in GE1 and GE3. We do not include them into the main text in view of their possible deletion during the proofreading of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 639

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

g2 in FE (→EE)

b2 in GE
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The b2 note, featured in GE as the 4th quaver of the bottom voice, is either the original version or, which is much more likely considering analogous bar 623 and 627, a Terzverschreibung error. The traces of proofreading visible in FE prove that the version was initially present also in this edition, but it was changed in the last phase of proofreading.   

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors repeated in GE

b. 641-644

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

Four-bar slur in FE (→EE)

Slur in bars 643-644 in GE1 (→GE2)

Two-bar slurs in GE3
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The visibly incomplete slurring of GE1 (→GE2) probably reflects one of the original versions of the slurs in FE, changed then in the last phase of proofreading. The slur added in GE3 constitutes a natural addition, in particular in the face of the authentic slurring of six previous bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE