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b. 147-148

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Long accents in A (→GC,FE)

Short accents in GE & EE
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According to us, two accents in the R.H. written in A are to be interpreted as long and this is how they were reproduced in FE (yet not in EE). The nature of equivalent signs in GC, despite its similarity to Chopin signs, is already less clear, thus GE has rather short accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE inaccuracies

b. 147-148

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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GC and FE1 (→FE2→FE3) lack six naturals before the notes which were previously already correctly written in another octave, which was completed in the subsequent sources to a varied extent. The fully correct text is included only in GE2 and EE2 (see also the note in bar 148). Similarly in the adjacent bars.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 147

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

One slur in GC (→GE)

Two slurs in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we give the slurring of FE (→EE), analogously to the remaining bars of this section. However, it cannot be excluded that it is the slur of GC (→GE) that is authentic.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 147-148

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

No tie in A (→FE→GE1)

Tie in EE & GE2 (→GE3→GE4)
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In the main text we give the tie sustaining e1, added by Chopin while proofreading FE1 in analogous bars 43-44. The notation of A, in which almost the entire reprise of the Polonaise is marked as repetition of the first part, means that Chopin did not expect any changed between them. A similar addition was introduced in EE and GE2 (→GE3→GE4).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 147

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

g-h in A (probable reading)

d-g-h in As, AI & FE (→GE,EE)

Our variant suggestion
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The issue of presence of the d note on the 2nd crotchet in the L.H. in A – see bar 19.

category imprint: Differences between sources