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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 6-7

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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FE overlooked the ties of the R.H. chord. The mistake was corrected in EE. The ties are also added in FESf.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 6

composition: Op. 28 No. 11, Prelude in B major

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FE overlooked the  restoring e1 on the 5th R.H. quaver. The accidental was added in EE; it was also entered into FEJ, probably by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FEJ

b. 6-7

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

Slur in A (→FC→GE)

No slur in FE (→EE)
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The absence of a slur is certainly an error by the engraver of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 6

composition: Op. 28 No. 21, Prelude in B♭ major

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In FE the  before the 2nd quaver is misplaced: it should be before the bottom note (g), not the top one (e1). The mistake possibly stemmed from the graphical similarity between b. 5 and 6. The correct accidental was added in FES, while FC (→GE) and EE not only added the right flat, but also removed the wrong one.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Fontana's revisions

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

End of the slur in A (→GE1)

Without a slur in FE (→EE)

A shortened slur in GE2 (→GE3)
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The slur in those bars is evident in A (→GE1) and provokes no stylistic doubts. The change made in GE2 (→GE3) by analogy with bars 5-6 and 9-10, where the notation of A is not that clear, misses - in our opinion - Chopin's intention. The absence of the slur in FE (→EE) is doubtless a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions