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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 470

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Just like in b. 360 and 462, A (→FC,FE→EE) features a cautionary  before g. The superfluous mark was removed in GE. In this context it is also the  before d, present in all sources, that is unjustified, hence we omit it in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 471

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

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The cautionary natural before C seems to be equally justified as the authentic mark before g3. In the main text, we add also a ​​​​​​​ before c3.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 481

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

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We preserve the cautionary  before a2 in the 2nd chord of the bar, due to a in the previous bar. However, Chopin most probably wrote it to cancel a2, used in the original version of the notation of the 1st chord. In the main text we also add a cautionary  before c. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Cautionary accidentals

b. 482

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

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The cautionary  before e3 written in A (→GE1) is probably a remaining element of the original notation, in which the previous chord included e3. In FE (→EE) and GE2 the unnecessary sign was removed. EE added cautionary naturals before g1 and g2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 483

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

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FE (→EE1) contain two cautionary accidentals in this bar – a  before f3 (the 3rd semiquaver) and a  before a on the 4th quaver. GE are devoid of those accidentals (which means that they were added in the last phase of the proofreading of FE); in turn, sharps were added before g3 and g. The former was added also in EE2 (→EE3). In the main text, we include all the above accidentals and also add a  before c​​​​​​​3. There is a similar situation in bar 487.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals