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b. 122

composition: Op. 19, Bolero

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In FE, there is a visible trace of proofreading of the ending of the slur that initially encompassed bar 122 only.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 122

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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The cautionary flats before B and b at the beginning of the bar were added in the proofreading of FE (→EE). It seems to be likely that it was done by Chopin, who introduced cautionary flats before e and e1 in an analogous situation in the next bar already in A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 122

composition: Op. 19, Bolero

No wedges in FE (→GE,EE1)
 

Wedges in EE2 (→EE3)
 
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The reviser of EE2 (→EE3) arbitrarily added wedges for the a-c1-e1 chords in the L.H. (similarly as in bars 94-95).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 122

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

e tied in FE (→GE) & EE2(→EE3)

e repeated in EE1
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The missing tie of e may be an oversight of the engraver of EE1, corrected in EE2 (→EE3). However, it cannot be excluded that the omission of the tie was a decision of the reviser who considered the tie to be a mistake, noticing that Chopin could have written e as a semibreve, like in bar 116.
The dash visible in FEH before the 2nd e minim is perhaps related to the issue of sustaining it (as long as it conveys anything specific at all). Its authenticity and meaning are, however, unclear – one can interpret it as a strikethrough of the tie, which would mean a repetition of e, or a deletion of the tie and this minim, which would emphasise no repetition. In the face of these doubts, we do not include this mark. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in EE , Annotations in FEH

b. 122

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

Fingering written into FES

Fingering written into FEH

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fingering in EE
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In the main text, we give the fingering of FES, written in pencil probably by Chopin and enhanced with ink by J. Stirling. The same fingering, marked with a different set of digits, is featured in FEH and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEH