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b. 4

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

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FE, EE1 and GE1 misinterpreted the abbreviated notation of FC and of the remaining Stichvorlage manuscripts, giving the 2nd, 3rd and 4th groups of semiquavers without any accidentals. The mistake was corrected in EE2 (→EE3) and GE2 (→GE3). Similarly in almost all analogous places – cf. bars 8, 20 and 36, as well as 12 and 40.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 4

composition: Op. 28 No. 8, Prelude in F♯ minor

a1 in A (→FC→GE1), literal reading

a1 in FE (→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)
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When interpreted literally, the version of A (→FC→GE1), in which the 4th demisemiquaver on the last beat of the bar is an a1, is most probably a mistake, although the interval structure of the four middle demisemiquavers (from the 3rd to the 6th in the eight-note figure) is strictly analogous to the seven preceding figures. It is indicated by a broader tonal context of this phrase and of the entire Prelude – the second of those four notes is never altered, while the key to which Chopin returns in the 2nd half of that bar is F minor, and not F major. A natural was added – most probably by Fontana – in FE (→EE); an identical addition was also introduced in GE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A , FE revisions

b. 5-9

composition: Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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Both in bars 5 and 9 A does not include the  returning b on the 3rd beat of the bar. This patent inaccuracy was corrected already in FE1. Similarly in bar 34. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 6

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

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In all manuscripts, FE and EE1 (→EE2) have no flats returning e2 and e1. This inaccuracy, so characteristic for Chopin, was corrected only in GE and EE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 6

composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

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The sharps returning f1 and F on the 3rd beat of the bar are present only in GE2 (→GE3). A similar mistake appears in bar 108.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions