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b. 148

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before e1.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 148-152

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

No slurs in AI

5 slurs in AF (→FE) & GE

3 slurs in b. 148 & 151-152 in EE
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AI is devoid of slurs in these bars, which is most probably Chopin's inadvertence – see b. 141-143. The missing slurs in b. 149-150 in EE is a mistake of the engraver of FE (corrected in the finished FE) or EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 148

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

No sign in AI & AF (→FE→EE)

in GE
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In the main text we give the  mark after GE, which most probably reproduce the notation of [AG].

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 148

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A, there is no  restoring c2 in the middle of the bar. It was added by FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions

b. 148

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Half-bar  in A

Whole-bar  in FE (→GE,EE)

 suggested by the editors
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We interpret the notation of A as incomplete or perhaps erroneous. Chopin wrote a  only in the 1st half of the bar, on which the end of the line falls in A; perhaps he was convinced that the bar had already ended or simply forgot to write the ending of the mark in a new line. Anyways, the shape of the figurations in this bar suggests that the crescendo should be continued in the 2nd half of the bar and to the very end, since the topmost note falls only just on the beginning of the next bar (unlike in the previous two). Due to the above, in the main text we model the beginning of the mark after previous analogous bars; as far as the ending is concerned, we lead it to the end of the bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A