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Issues : Terzverschreibung error

b. 31-32

composition: Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

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In both bars AI features a1 as the 5th semiquaver (the note is written only in bar 31, as bar 32 is briefly marked as repetition of the previous one). This pianistically and sonically awkward version is certainly a mistake, which is revealed by the compatible version of the remaining sources, as well as the comparison with analogous bars 35-36.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines

b. 31

composition: Op. 28 No. 24, Prelude in D minor

F in A (→FE→EE)

D in FC (→GE)
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The absence of visible corrections in FC proves Fontana's mistake. Had Chopin wanted to repeat in this bar the figures from the preceding one, he would have certainly marked it in an abridged manner with a •/• mark. According to us, the mistake is rather a result of copying the version of the preceding bar than a typical Terzverschreibung error, since the main condition for such a mistake is not met: the notes surrounded by a few parallel lines do not share a graphical resemblance – F is below the stave, whereas D under a ledger line, added and short (see, however, b. 72).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors of FC

b. 32-33

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

f1-g1-f1-f1 in AI

e1-e1-e1-d1 in A (→CDP,GE), FE & EE
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In the original version, written in AI, the bottom notes of the figuration in the R.H. doubled the melodic line – (e1)-f1-g1-f1-f1. In A, Chopin deleted four of them, writing the version which was eventually included in all editions. He performed a respective change – from c1 to f1 – also on the 3rd semiquaver from the end in the L.H. (f1 in the L.H. at the beginning of bar 33 is already written correctly). Cf. notes to bar 28 and 33-34.

In GE1 (→GE2), the 4th semiquaver in bar 33 is an f1 instead of d1. This patent error in this context was corrected in GE3 (→#GE4). 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 32

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

d2-f2-b2 in EE
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The version of EE is most probably a mistake of the engraver, a so-called Terzverschreibung. FE, on which EE is based, features the correct chord: b1-d2-b2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Terzverschreibung error

b. 34

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

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In FE, one can see that the last quaver in the top voice was originally a c2. The proofreading restored the version of Atut.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Authentic corrections of FE