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Issues : Errors repeated in GE

b. 41

composition: Op. 30 No. 1, Mazurka in C minor

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In FC (→GE) there is no  raising a1 to a1 on the last quaver in the bar. According to us, the mistake could have already been committed by Chopin in [A]. It is indicated by overlooked naturals also in bar 43 – two oversights of the very naturals to a notes seem highly unlikely for a copyist; however, they are not unusual in Chopin's autographs, who would often mark alterations only the first time a given note appears in a bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC , Errors repeated in GE

b. 42

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

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In FE (→GE1), the top note of the 10th semiquaver is an a2 (with a ); a2 is then restored with a sharp at the beginning of the 4th beat in the bar. The unequivocal mistake of the engraver is confirmed by corrections in three out of four pupils' copies – FES, FEJ and FEH. Respective revisions were introduced also in EE and subsequent GE – in GE2, the erroneous  was changed to a , whereas in EE and GE3, both marks were removed.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEJ , Errors repeated in GE , Annotations in FEH

b. 43

composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor

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As was the case with b. 3, of which this bar is a repetition in the manuscripts, not written out, in A (→FE,FC→GE) there is no  restoring g1 in the bottom R.H. voice on the 3rd crotchet. The mistake was noticed only in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE

b. 44

composition: Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major

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In the last R.H. triplet, A (→FC,FE) contains only the  lowering d3 to d3. In GE and EE, a  was added before the next quaver (d2), yet the overlooked  restoring g2 on the last quaver of the bar is absent in all sources.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 44

composition: Op. 30 No. 1, Mazurka in C minor

b in FC (→GE) & FE

b in EE
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The version featuring b resulted from a mistake or inaccuracy by Chopin in [A] – the  to the 1st third was written there in such a way that both Fontana and the engraver of FE put it before d1, where it has no purpose. It must have been b, which, however, was noticed only in EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidental below/above the note , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE