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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 362-363

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

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FE is missing the necessary accidentals at the beginning of the last triplet in bar 362. Moreover, the  raising e1 to e1 in bar 363 is only just at the beginning of the last triplet. In turn, a  is unnecessarily repeated before e2 at the end of the 1st triplet in bar 363. The missing accidentals were added both in GE and EE; however, the revisions were inaccurate – the erroneous accidentals were not completely removed, while EE added even a new one, a  before d2 at the beginning of the 2nd triplet in bar 363. It is only GE3 that introduced a notation compliant with all contemporary standards. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 363-366

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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As before (bars 349-352), in A Chopin writes accidentals only to the top notes of the octaves (in the R.H. and in the L.H.). He then considers these accidentals to be valid throughout an entire bar in all octaves of a given stave. All the omitted accidentals – 27 flats to d and g and 2 naturals to e – were already added in GE1 and were repeated in the remaining editions.
In the main text we omit the  to the d3 semiquaver in bar 363, unnecessarily repeated by Chopin. We do not include the  to the next semiquaver, d2, either, added in GE (→FE,EE). 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 366

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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We add two cautionary accidentals next to the 3rd quaver in the L.H.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 367

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

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Chopin wrote two cautionary signs in A – a  before c2 in bar 367 and a  before a2 in bar 368. GE (→FE) added also a  before c in bar 367, which was then removed or overlooked in EE1 (→EE2) and re-added in EE3. In the main text we also add naturals before g2(3) and a  before b in bar 367.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 373

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

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In GE and – probably on the basis thereof – in EE2 (→EE3), cautionary sharps were added before g1 and f​​​​​​​1. The latter was added also in FEH. In the main text, we also add a  before a1.​

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Annotations in FEH