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b. 111-112

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Staccato dot to e in GE

3 staccato dots to a1 in FE (→EE)

4 dots suggested by the editors
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Compared to analogous b. 87-88, in these bars the staccato articulation of the quavers is much less carefully marked in the sources. However, we can be certain that Chopin did not mean a different performance here, as the dots of GE and FE are complementary, since, when combined, they result in the same set of marks as used the first time. The differences, in turn, are most probably a result of inaccuracies of the engravers, the copyist or Chopin himself.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 111

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Repeat sign in AsI

No repeat in A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)
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The version of AsI, in which it is also the second part of this variation that was repeated, b. 112-127 (in b. 112 the repeat sign is marked only with an additional double bar line; its meaning becomes clear in b. 127, with two volte), was initially also in A, which can be determined on the basis of the visible corrections – to the right of the double bar line following b. 111, one can see traces of erasure of 4 dots, which, together with that line, constituted a repeat sign. In A, a respective deletion is also at the end of this part, where the 1st volta of b. 127 was deleted.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Changed phrase length

b. 111

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the chord on the 2nd quaver in the bar (in both volte), in AsI and A the second note from the top was initially an e1. Chopin changed it to f1 both in AsI (only the first appearance) and A (both appearances, the initial notes were erased).

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

issues: Corrections in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 111

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

f or d in PE1 (→PE2)

f in GE & PE3 (→PE4)
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The version of PE1 (→PE2) – f in bar 111 and d in bar 111/135 – must contain an error in one of these bars, as the second place was almost certainly marked in [A] as a repetition of the first. The structure of the accompaniment figures in this episode suggests that the mistake was made the second time. An appropriate correction – probably based on a comparison with bar 111 – was introduced in GE and PE3 (→PE4).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , Errors in PE , Revisions in #PE

b. 111

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

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In the main text we include the cautionary  to d1, added by GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions