Issues : Errors in FE

b. 5

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

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In FE the bottom note of the 1st crotchet is an erroneous f1 instead of a1 – cf. analogous bar 329 as well as similar situations in bars 11, 13, 27, 29 and analog., which always include a1. The visible traces of corrections prove that the mistake initially got to EE, in which it was, however, corrected in print.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error

b. 5

composition: Op. 10 No 12, Etude in C minor

con forza in A

con fuoco in FE (→GE,EE)

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It is hard to state how con forza written in A would become con fuoco in FE (→GE,EE). In the editors opinion a mistake in reading the manuscript is quite probable. However, we keep the published version in the main text because Chopin undoubtedly controlled the performance indications while proofreading FE – i.a. he added just con forza in bar 15 – and did not change anything at the place under discussion.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 5-37

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

4 wedges in A, probable interpretation

4 dots in A, possible interpretation

3 wedges & dot in FC

2 times 2 dots in FE (→EE)

4 times 2 dots in GE

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In this context, the markings with which Chopin provided the crotchets in bars 5, 13, 29 and 37 in A may only denote staccato only, although it is not obvious whether he meant wedges or dots, since they clearly differ from dots (e.g. numerous dots extending minims or crotchets), yet their shape also does not bring to mind wedges or even vertical dashes, which could be easily identified with them. Due to that reason, in the main text we also suggest dots, next to wedges, as an alternative solution. In the remaining sources the notation of A was inaccurately reproduced; GE is an exception; in that edition the notation was unified to a form that is absent in those bars both in A and FC.   

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , FE revisions , Wedges , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 5

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

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FE1 has no  before the 2nd L.H. crotchet. The mistake was corrected in FE2 (→EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions

b. 5

composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

e1-g1 third in AI

Only g1 in FE (→GE,EE)

Our variant suggestion

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The missing e1 note in the R.H. in FE (→GE,EE) seems to be an oversight by the engraver, since analogous motifs are generally led in thirds.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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