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b. 126-127

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

FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

GE2a

GE3
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It is difficult to determine how come that the correct text of GE2 (excluding the mistake in the 1st quaver in bar 127, discussed separately) was changed to the impoverished version of GE2a. Perhaps a worn-out fragment of a plate was re-engraved in order to remove the increasingly pronounced printing defects. Traces of such procedures are to be found, e.g. in the Concerto in F Minor, Op. 21 – see the characterization of its GE1a. It also happened that various mistakes were committed in a newly engraved text, most frequently, precisely, oversights. However, in the discussed place printing defects are visible rather on the available copies of GE2a; hence after possible corrections (cf. e.g. the copy from the National Library in Warsaw).
GE3 introduced here a version based on GEorch, which differs in certain details from the authentic version of FE (→GE1→GE2). Could it be that the reviser of GE3 corrected the erroneous text of GE2a not having access to the authentic version printed (with only one mistake) in GE1 and GE2? It seems to be more likely than possible direct changes in the version of GE2, in which it was enough to correct the erroneous top note of the 1st quaver in bar 127.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 126

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

No mark in GE
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The missing staccato dot for the 1st note in the R.H. is most probably an oversight of the engraver of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 126-127

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

2 slurs in FE (→GE,EE)

Slur suggested by the editors
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The notation of the sources is unnecessarily complicated – cf. the practically equivalent notation in bars 128-129. According to us, it may be a result of an inaccurately reproduced or simplified correction – for example, the slur in bar 127 could have been added in [A] as an extension of the previous one, which, however, was misinterpreted in FE, or could have been added in the proofreading of FE as a simplified correction of a too short slur in bar 126.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 126

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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We add a cautionary ​​​​​​​ before d2 in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 126

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

Quavers in FE (→EE1)

Semiquavers in GE & EE2
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Just like in b. 125, the version of GE is an arbitrary decision of the engraver, repeated in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions