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b. 155

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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We add cautionary naturals before the G1-G octave in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 155

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

in GE2 (→GE3→GE4) & EE2

No marking in FE (→GE1,EE1)
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The omission of the  indication at the beginning of the bar in FE (→GE1,EE1) can be intentional, hence we do not include it in the main text. In GE2 (→GE3→GE4) and EE2 the indication was added, most probably on the basis of comparison with analogous bar 51.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 155

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

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A (→FE) overlooked the flats restoring A and a on the 3rd beat of the bar. In the remaining editions, the inaccuracy was completed.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 155

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

e2 in GC (→GE)

c2 in FE (→EE), contextual interpretation
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The structure of the figuration in the entire passage in the L.H. (bars 153-156 and 157-160), and particularly the comparison with analogous bar 159, indicate a mistake of the copyist in this place. The absence of a correction in GE may be attributed to the absent  before this note (although in a similar situation four bars later, a  before the respective note – c2 – was added). The sign is absent also in the majority of the sources featuring the note at the correct pitch – it was added only in EE2. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Terzverschreibung error , Errors of GC

b. 155

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

g2-b2 in FE1 (→FE2→EE1)

f2-b2 in GC (→GE), FE3 (→FE4) & EE2
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g2 instead of f2 at the last quaver of the bar is certainly a mistake of Chopin in [A]. It is proved by the  before the note, present both in FE1 (→FE2) and GC, which originally also included g2. Chopin corrected the mistake in GC and the proofreading of FE3 (→FE4). The erroneous version was passed down to EE1, in which it was revised, by deleting the , which was superfluous before g2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccurate note pitch in A , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections in GC