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b. 156

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

Slur a1-b1 in A

Slur c2-b1 in GE (→FE,IE)

No slur in EE
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In the main text we reproduce the A slur as combining the a1 crotchet with the b1 quaver. The earlier starting point of the slur in GE (→FE,IE) is a less likely interpretation, since the A notation most probably means that both R.H. bottom voices are to meet on the b1 quaver. The omission of the slur in EE is due to the engraver's mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Errors in EE

b. 158

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

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In EE1 there is a  to the last L.H. quaver, instead of a . The mistake was rectified in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 163-164

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Slur up to bar 164 in FE (→GE) 

No slur in EE1

Slur only in bar 163 in EE3
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Leading the L.H. slur until the beginning of bar 164 is much less justified than in the case of the R.H. slur due to the over two-octave f1-E leap. Therefore, it is quite likely that it is the slur added in EE3 that corresponds to Chopin's intention – the engraver of FE could have been under the influence of the R.H. slur while interpreting the slur of [A], perhaps written with a flourish.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 163

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

5 dots under slur in A (→GE→IE) & EE2

4 dots under slur in FE

5 dots in EE1
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The missing slur must be an oversight by the engraver of EE1, corrected in EE2. In FE the indications in this bar were adjusted to the next two ones – see the note in bar 165. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 164

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

f tied in FE (→GE)

f repeated in EE
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The absence of the tie of f in EE must be a mistake, perhaps repeated after a proof copy of FE not including the last corrections.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Authentic corrections of FE