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b. 6

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In FE (→GE1), there is no  raising b2 to b2. The accidental was added in EE and subsequent GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 6

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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Both autographs are lacking in the  raising a1 to a1. The mistake is also in EE, where it was repeated after the proof copy of FE. In the very FE Chopin added the overlooked accidental; the correct text is also in GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE , Last key signature sign , Errors repeated in EE

b. 6

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No indication in A1 & CB

lega. in CJ

leg. in CK

legg. in EL

legato suggested by the editors
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By the end of b. 6 both sources based on [A2] – CJ and CK – convey an abbreviation of an indication, which, taking into account the context, we decipher as legato. (IJ features agit., which must be a mistake, yet it confirms that the Chopinesque entry in [A2] was probably indistinct.) In EL the generally uncommon abbreviation leg. was replaced by legg., which must be a mistake. In the main text we move this indication, referring to the accompaniment figures that are not encompassed with slurs, to the beginning of the bar, where first such figures appear.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Revisions in EL

b. 6-19

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No slurs in A1, CJ, CK & EL

L.H. slurs in CB
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In CB the half-bar L.H. quaver figures are provided with slurs in the whole piece except for b. 16, 20 and 63, in which the slurs encompass entire bars. It is one of a few serious revisions performed by Balakirev, in this case musically justified but not necessary and contrary to the Chopinesque practices – cf., e.g. the authentic L.H. slurring in the Nocturne in D Major, Op. 27 No. 2. Due to the fact that the slurs are also present in other sources, we discuss b. 7, 17 and 20 separately.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 6-17

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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Wherever possible, A1, CJ and CK used abridged notation to mark repeated accompaniment figures – the / signs were used in the second halves of b. 6-9, 12, 14-15 and 17.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A