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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 481-482

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur to bar 482 in A (→FC→GE1) & GE3

Slur in bar 481 in FE (→EE) & GE2
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While the slur of A does not reach the 1st octave in b. 482, it does go beyond the bar line, which indicates that it was supposed to reach that octave. This is how it was understood by Fontana in FC (→GE1); moreover, such a slur – without a doubt – is present in analogous b. 489-490. The versions of GE2 and GE3 prove inconceivable dilemmas of the revisers of the second German edition concerning the range of that and similar slurs.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions

b. 482

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

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In FE, there is no  lowering c​​​​​​​1 to c1. The patent inaccuracy was corrected in EE and GE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors repeated in GE

b. 485-486

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

 &  in A, literal reading

 & > in A, contextual interpretation

 & > in GE1

 & > in FE

 &  in EE

 in GE2
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According to us, the virtuoso panache and brilliance require rather accents than diminuendos, hence in the main text we interpret all marks of A as accents (long and short). The  marks printed in GE (→FE→EE), even longer than in the notation of A, hinder the interpretation of a possible intention of the composer even more. Shift of the accent at the end of bar 485 must be an inaccuracy of the engravers of GE1 and FE1.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in GE , EE inaccuracies

b. 495-497

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

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There is no accidental in FE before the upper note of the 2nd L.H. octave in bar 495 and 497. The obvious inaccuracy was corrected in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 495-503

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Long accents in A

No marks in FC (→GE1)

Short accents in FE (→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)
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Wherever the bass features the seventh of a dominant chord, Chopin provides it in A with a long accent (b. 495 and 503). The marks were overlooked by Fontana in FC (→GE1), whereas in FE (→EE) they were reproduced as short accents. Short accents were added in GE2 (→GE3), suspecting, correctly, inaccuracy of the notation of FC and GE1. A particular role of those notes is also emphasised by a slur combining each of them with the bass note in the next bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Errors of FC