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b. 6

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

2 times e-a-c1 in As

e-c1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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In As the 2nd L.H. crotchet is an e-a-c1 three-note chord. The same chord is then repeated as the 3rd crotchet. Chopin would often change the number or position of notes in such accompanying figures or the number of times a given chord is played in a bar while refining his pieces – cf., e.g. bar 13, 19, 20, 22-24.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 6

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

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When writing the melody semiquavers without an octave sign, Chopin committed 14 mistakes in the entire variation, including 6 Terzverschreibung mistakes, which in this context consist in writing one ledger line too many. The list below shows the mistakes:

  • bar 6 – d4 instead of b3, d4 instead of c4, d4 instead of b3 (the first mistake was perhaps corrected by combining two ledger lines into one);
  • bar 7 – all 4 notes, c4 instead of a3, d4 instead of b3, f4 instead of c4, f4 instead of d4;
  • bar 9 – e4 instead of c4, e4 instead of f4;
  • bar 10 – d4 instead of c4;
  • bar 19 – b3 instead of c4;
  • bar 22 – b3 instead of c4;
  • bar 23 – b3 instead of a3, b3 instead of c4.

The letter names of notes written over the notes allow us to easily detect these mistakes.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines

b. 6-7

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Slur & dot in A (→GE) & EE2

No markings in FE (→EE1)
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The missing articulation markings between the bars may be explained by an oversight by the copyist or by the engraver of FE or – which seems less likely in this case – by the markings having been added to A later. The fact that the marks were added by EE2 most probably resulted from using GE1 while revising.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 7

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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In FE the mordent's sign was probably omitted. What is puzzling is the fact that there is no relevant entry in pupils' copies (e.g. in bar 21 Chopin added the omitted sign to FES and FEJ).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 7

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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The crescendo hairpins differ slightly in their range. In comparison with A (→GE), in FE the hairpins are extended on the entire penultimate triplet group. In EE they are totally absent (cf. remark concerning bars 7-9).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins