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Issues : Wedges

b. 53-54

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

Wedges in A

Wedges according to A

Idem, R.H. only

Dots in GE (→FE→EE)

Dots according to GE (→FE→EE)

Dots only in R.H. in FES
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In both bars, the wedges that emphasise the topmost notes in A, b1(2) in bar 53 and a1(2) in bar 54, were reproduced in the editions as dots. 

If in bar 53 the version with harmonic accompaniment was chosen, one of the versions with signs only in the R.H. is to be selected here.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Wedges

b. 54

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

No marks in AI & FE (→GE,EE)

Wedges in A
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Lack of the wedges in the editions is most probably a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Wedges

b. 55-57

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

Wedge in AI

Dots in A

Wedges in FE (→GE1→GE1a→GE2), GE5 & EE3 (→EE4)

No marks in EE2

Wedge in GE3 (→GE4)
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In A it is not entirely clear with which staccato signs – dots or wedges – Chopin provided the A and E quavers in the middle of bars 44 and 57. In FE (→GE,EE) they were reproduced as wedges (in EE2 both signs were overlooked, while in GE3 and GE4 – the one in bar 57), yet, according to us, it is much more likely that Chopin had dots in mind. Cf. bars 58-60 where in similar motifs in A there are undoubtedly dots. In AI the signs are only in bars 57 (and 58) and they are undoubtedly wedges. However, it has to be emphasised that even the relatively accurate indications of AI, as e.g. in bar 43, were then changed by Chopin. See also bar 56. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Errors in GE , Wedges

b. 56

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

Dots in AI

Wedge & slur with dot in A

Slur in FE (→GE,EE)
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The staccato dots on the 2nd and 3rd quavers visible in AI is the original version of the articulation, replaced in A by a slur and a dot. Moreover, in A Chopin provided the first quaver in the bar, B, with a wedge. Lack of both staccato signs in the editions is probably a mistake, yet it could have been accepted by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , Wedges

b. 60-64

composition: Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

Dots in GC (→GE)

Wedges in FE & EE
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Same as in bars 49-58, we attribute the difference in staccato signs between GC (→GE) and FE and EE to Gutmann's misunderstanding of the notation of [A]. Moreover, the copyist overlooked some of the dots in the L.H. in bars 62-63 (over e and B), which probably resulted in them being overlooked in GE1 in bar 62.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Wedges , Inaccuracies in GC