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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 1

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

 
 
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The  time signature is most probably an error or FE's and GE's revision. Changes of time signature indication of that kind are to be found on a number of occasions also in other Chopin's pieces issued by those publishing houses – cf. e.g. Etude in C, Op. 10 No. 1, bar 1..

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Changes of metre , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , 4/4 or 2/2

b. 1

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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In FE the indication legato was put between the pentagrams. It is unknown whether such placement complies with Chopin's intention or if it is an inaccuracy in the base's reproduction. After all, it is not of practical importance, as in Chopin's notation signs and indications placed over the R.H. may refer to both hands.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Placement of markings

b. 1

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

A wedge in A

A dot in GE

 No sign in FE (→EE)
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In GE, the note D is furnished with a dot despite the fact that a wedge is clearly visible in A. The sign was entirely omitted from FE (→EE) (cf. bar 13 and bars 5 and 9). GE (→FE→EE have only dots as staccato signs in the entire Mazurka.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 1

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

Slur beginning in A (→GE)

Slur beginning in FE (→EE)
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 1-5

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

 in Ap

cresc. in FEcor (in bars 5-6 cresc. - - -)

cresc. in FE (→GE,EE)

Our suggestion
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Chopin wrote the cresc. indications in bars 1 and 5 in FEcor, at the second time he also wrote the dashes determining the scope of the dynamic change (similarly in bar 9). The dashes were, however, not included in FE (→GE,EE). It is most probably an oversight, quite often in first editions of Chopin's works (cf., e.g., the Impromptu in A major, Op. 29, bars 21-22 or the Mazurka in B minor, Op. 24 No. 4, bars 47-49). In Ap in both places there are  hairpins, which can be considered as an alternative dynamic marking.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE