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Issues : Authentic corrections of GE

b. 21

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

a1 in AI & GE1a (→GE2→GE3)

f1 in A (→CDP,GE1), FE & EE
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Chopin changed the lowest note of the 3rd sextuplet in the R.H. twice:

  • AI has an a1, which in A was deleted and changed to f1. The change was somehow forced by the modification of the part of the L.H., in which Chopin renounced the f note. It is also GE1, EE (with a preserved G in the bass) and FE, which has F as the bass note, that have the changed version.
  • While proofreading GE1a (→GE2→GE3), Chopin changed this note again, this time reinstating a1. This version also seems to be related to the modification of the part of the L.H., in which it was the F note that became the bass one. We give this version in the main text, as it is the latest. However, Chopin was not consistent, as in FE – in spite of the change in the bass – he left a f1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 21

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

6 notes in AI

4 notes in A (→CDP,GE1) & EE

F in FE & GE1a (→GE2→GE3)
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The third group of semiquavers in the L.H. was changed by Chopin twice (cf. the note concerning the R.H.), hence it appears in the sources in three various versions. In the main text we give the latest of them, introduced in FE and in a proofreading of GE1a (→GE2→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 21

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

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In A there are no naturals raising d3(2) to d3(2). Chopin's patent oversight was corrected (perhaps by himself) already in GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 22

composition: Op. 10 No 1, Etude in C major

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CLI has b2 as the 4th semiquaver in the R.H., which results from the logic of the figuration's structure. In FE1 there is a d3, put here by mistake and corrected by Chopin in a proofreading of FE2 (→EE) for b2. The erroneous note must have initially been present also in GE1, which is confirmed by visible traces of its deletion, however, eventually GE1 and all subsequent editions of GE also feature b2.

 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 22

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

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In A the naturals raising d notes to d are written only on the 4th beat of the bar. In spite of this, there are no doubts that d is required in the entire 2nd half of the bar. In GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2) a  raising d3 to d3 at the beginning of the 3rd beat of the bar was added (referring also to d4), but only EE and GE2 include a corresponding sign before the penultimate semiquaver.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE