Issues : Errors in the number of ledger lines
b. 4
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composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version
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This bar belongs to one of the few places in which Chopin, while working on this variation, changed the shape of the melody formed by the R.H. topmost notes (see also bars 11 and 24). The interpretation of the AsI notation presents some difficulties, since it is uncertain whether the 3 grace notes, which could have been added later, were supposed to complement the figuration or whether they were an original way to mark the change of concept of the topmost notes to the final version. The latter is supported by analogous bar 20, in which AsI includes the final version entered without hesitation. In either case, the notation of these grace notes is puzzling, since each is provided with a different form: a semiquaver, a slashed quaver, a quaver, respectively. Perhaps Chopin wanted to try out different forms of notation to see which one would suit him best. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Accompaniment changes , Main-line changes |
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b. 5
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composition: Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor
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A (→FE→GE1,EE) includes an erroneous A2-C tenth. It is a patent error of Chopin in the number of the ledger lines. The pitch of the note was corrected in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5). category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Errors of A |
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b. 6
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composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version
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When writing the melody semiquavers without an octave sign, Chopin committed 14 mistakes in the entire variation, including 6 Terzverschreibung mistakes, which in this context consist in writing one ledger line too many. The list below shows the mistakes:
The letter names of notes written over the notes allow us to easily detect these mistakes. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines |
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b. 16
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composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor
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GC has here a mistaken chord e-f-a-c1-d1 (no ledger line above the two upper notes). The error was corrected in GE. category imprint: Source & stylistic information issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Errors of GC |
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b. 24
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composition: Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major
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According to us, the change of e3 to g3 written by Chopin in FES is a correction of the error of A and the remaining sources. Locally, the version with e3 – in bars 23-24 – is perfectly correct, yet in combination with the following bar, the note does not find a natural continuation (to d3), and, what is more important, it significantly weakens the effect of the constant g3 note, being an axis of the combination of chords in bars 24 and 25. In addition, Chopin's fingering in this place suggests a more significant distance than a fifth. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Errors of A |