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b. 138

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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In FE there is no  returning a on the penultimate quaver. Chopin overlooked this error also in FEG, yet in GE1 (→GE2GE3) the correct revision was performed. The necessary sign is also in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 138-139

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

e2 in A (→GC,FE,EE)

e2 in FE2 (→FE3) & GE

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In the editors' opinion, e2 in A (→GC,FE1,EE), although possible from harmonic point of vue, results probably from Chopin's inadvertence. In any case, the almost certainly authentic correction of FE2 (→FE3) urges to acknowledge e2 as the composer's last intention. Also added was the flat in GE, as were the cautionary naturals before e1-e2 in the next bar in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 138

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

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As in bar 34, GE2 (→GE3GE4) and EE2 added cautionary flats next to g in the L.H. and g1-g2 in the R.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 138

composition: Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

in FC (→GE) & FE

in EE

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The corrections visible in FC in this and the previous bar – shift of  from bar 137 to bar 138 and addition of con forza – prove a possible addition of indications in all three Stichvorlage manuscripts by Chopin.  in EE can be authentic, although a possibility of a kind of mistake cannot be entirely excluded. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 138-139

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

Slur from 2nd quaver in A (→FEEEW1EEW2)

No slur in GE1op & GE1no2

Slur from 1st quaver in EEC, GE2op (→GE3op) & GE2no2

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The absence of the slur in both versions of GE1 means that most probably it was originally absent in FE too, in which, however, it was added – probably by Chopin – in the last phase of proofreading. The slurs added in later GE, embracing two full bars, are a result of a revision, same as in bars 10-11. In turn, an earlier beginning of the slur in EEC may be simply an inaccuracy.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of FE