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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 7

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

b-c1 in AI, FE2 (→EE) & GE3

c1-d1 in FE1 (→GE1→GE2)
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The c1-d1 second in FE1 (→GE1→GE2) must be a mistake (most probably by the engraver), which is proven by b-c1:

  • present in AI,
  • introduced by Chopin in the stage of proofreading FE2 (→EE),
  • present in all sources in bar 75 (upon repetition of this place).

The correct text of GE3 most probably resulted from the fact that a copy of FE2 was used in the revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 7-15

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

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In bars 7 and 15 the sources do not contain sharps over the mordents. There are no doubts as to the sound of the top note, while the notation is inaccurate, as usual in such situations in Chopin's works (in bar 7 it concerns only AI and GE3 due to the misplaced  mark in the remaining sources). In the versions 'edited text' and in the main text we add the absent accidentals.
There is a similar situation in bar 75.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 8

composition: Op. 10 No 10, Etude in A♭ major

c3-a3 & d2 in A, FE2 & EE

c2-a2 & d2 in FE1

c3-a3 & d3 in GE
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The version of FE1 is a result of the engraver's mistake in determining the range of the octave sign, which ends one quaver too early in this edition. Both in FE2 and in EE the error was corrected. In GE this sixth, also written with an octave sign, is actually on the correct pitch, yet the octave sign erroneously includes also the next quaver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 8-9

composition: Op. 10 No 10, Etude in A♭ major

Slur ending in A

FE (→GE,EE)
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The slur of FE (→GE,EE) is obviously erroneous – the engraver led the slur to the end of the line, as it is in A. At the same time, he did not pay attention to the difference in the text's division into great staves: in A the line ends with bar 8, while in FE – with bar 9.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 8

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

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Same as in bar 4, FE, EE1 and GE1 misinterpreted here the abbreviated notation of FC and of the remaining Stichvorlage manuscripts, giving the 2nd, 3rd and 4th group of semiquavers without any accidentals. The mistake was corrected in EE2 (→EE3) and GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC