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b. 120

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

F-f in GE

D-d in FE (→EE)
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As was the case with b. 96, in the main text we give the version corrected by Chopin in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes

b. 120-124

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Staccato dots in A

No marks in FE (→GE,EE)
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In FE (→GE,EE), the staccato dots over the initial octaves in b. 120 and 124, present in A, were overlooked. In this case, it is an oversight by the engraver of FE that seems to be the most likely reason; therefore, we include these dots in the main text, particularly since the presence of a respective mark in b. 122 in the editions rather excludes the possibility that Chopin could have consciously accepted inconsistent markings.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 120-121

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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The deletions visible in A in these bars and empty space after the most probably erased g1 note under the a2 quaver in b. 121, which was initially most probably a g2 (it did not have a ledger line that would cross it), reveal that initially the 2nd half of b. 120 and the 1st half of b. 121 were analogous to b. 118-119: . The missing mordent in this version allows us to imagine two scenarios of the changes:

  • the idea to diversify b. 120-121 with respect to b. 118-119 came to Chopin when he was just about to write a mordent in the initial version of b. 121;
  • initially, there were no mordents in both places; it was only the melodically developed version of b. 120-121 that prompted Chopin to add an ornament 2 bars earlier.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Main-line changes

b. 120-121

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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As before (b. 105 and 109 and 108), in the main text we add a cautionary  to e2 in b. 120 and a  to f3 in b. 121. Both accidentals were added in GE3 and the former – also in EE3.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 120

composition: WN 29, Waltz in E minor

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In the main text we add a slur after analogous bars 16 and 48, since its absence here almost certainly resulted from inattention – see bar 115.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in PE