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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 18

composition: Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

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The text does not raise any doubts here, yet the notation of accidentals differs in particular sources and it is not always precise. In FE the  before the 1st chord in the L.H. was initially placed at the pitch of c1 and it was probably at this stage that the copy constituted the base text for GE, in which the accidental was moved to the correct place (before g). In FE (→EE) the  before c1 was eventually changed to a , yet the necessary  before g was added only in EE. In GE2 (→GE3→GE4) a  was added before c1, as well as before c2; the latter was also introduced in EE4. In A there is no flat before g2 in the 5th chord, which was already added in FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 18

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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GE1 and GE3 (→GE4) added a cautionary  next to g3 on the 1st beat.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 18

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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The sources have cautionary flats next to c2 in the L.H. and c3 on 4th semiquaver in the R.H. Furthermore, in A – similarly to bar 17 –  next to c3 is repeated before the following crotchet.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 19

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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A and FE are lacking the cautionary flat before d on the 11th quaver. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 19

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

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In A (→GE1), cautionary flats are entered before the octave g flat2-g flat3. In FE (→EE) they were removed, and the flats added before the octave a flat2-a flat3. Such a notation coincides with our editorial assumptions. In GE2 (→GE3) flats were also added before a flat2-a flat3, yet the accidental before g flat2-g flat3 were not removed.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals