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b. 4

composition: Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

c1 in chord in As, contextual interpretation

d1 in last chord in FE (→GE,EE)
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In As, Chopin marked the 3rd L.H. crotchet as a repetition of the previous one, which gives a-c1-f1. In the published version, Chopin slightly varied the harmonic progression at this passage.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 4-14

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

in A (→GE) & EE2

No signs in FE (→EE1)
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The  hairpins in bars 4 and 14, acting as long accents, were most probably added to A after [FC] had already been finished. It seems highly unlikely that Fontana could have overlooked both marks or that Chopin could have crossed them out in [FC] or removed while proofreading FE. The marks being present in EE2 probably resulted from a revision including the GE1 text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions

b. 4-15

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

f tied in A (→GE), FE & EE2

f repeated in EE1
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The missing ties to f in EE1 in bars 4-5 and 14-15 are probably the engraver's mistakes, corrected in EE2. However, it should be mentioned that the FE notation in bars 4-5 is inaccurate, which could have misled the engraver of EE1 – in bar 4 the tie is placed too low, next to the stem, and not the notehead, while in bar 5 the ending of the tie is missing.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 4-5

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

Continuous slur in A & FE

Separate slurs in GE (→EE,IE)
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In the main text we provide the undoubtedly continuous A slur (although combined out of two fragments). In GE the slur in bar 5, which opens a new line (as in our transcriptions), was reproduced correctly, which means that it should be continued, but the slur's fragment in bar 4 reaches only the last quaver, e. EE and IE considered the slur in bar 4 to be correct, while FE guessed Chopin's intention.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Corrections in A , FE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 4

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

in GE (→FE,EE,IE)

 suggested by the editors
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The comparison with analogous bar 8, 182 and 186 indicates that we are most probably dealing with Chopin's mistake, who forgot to write the letter z in the 3rd  mark. Due to the above, we suggest adding it to the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in A