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Issues : Errors in EE

b. 370-372

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Accent in EE

Short accents in GC

Double short accents in FE

Long accents in GE
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In the main text we present the GC undisputable notation. No accent in b. 372 is an obvious omission in EE, and long accents in GE result form not thorough enough analysis of the GC notation (the difference in accents lenghth in bars 360-368 and 370-374 was overlooked). Double accents in FE may have come form a reviser.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , FE revisions

b. 374-376

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

Small notes in bars 374-375 in A & GE2

Regular notes in GE1

​Small notes separately, in bar 376 d1-f1 in FE1

c1-f1 in bar 376 in FE2

Regular notes in EE
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The absence of the c1-f1 fourth in bar 376 is probably Chopin's oversight; he then added it while proofreading FE (FE1 added d1-f1, erroneously, which was corrected to c1-f1 in FE2). At the time of performing this proofreading, the composer also introduced a more transparent, two-voice notation of all three chords, in which only the top note belongs to the solo part. EE repeated the text of FE2, without preserving the differences in the size of the notes, though. In almost all subsequent collective editions, the dyads of the accompaniment were erroneously included in the solo part (on the basis of GE1).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 376-377

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

g tied in EE and GE

No tie in GC and FE
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The tie on g in EE must be an error - in corresponding bars 34-35 in EE there is no tie. And the tie in GE must be a revision. See annotation in 377.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 391-392

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No ties in EE

Ties in GC (→GE) & FE
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No ties in EE must be an error.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 391

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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In EE2 (→EE3), there is no wedge next to the 1st quaver of the bar. It must be an accidental oversight, a side effect of the arbitrary change of pitch of that note – see the adjacent note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE