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b. 164-178

composition: Op. 43, Tarantella

 
 
 
 
 
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The notation of accents on the LH chords is inconsistent in all the sources. In A the first few accents (in bars 164-166) are marked as short, the majority however (beginning with b.167) are unquestionably long ones and yet  FC3 (→FE→IE) as well as GE and EE provide short accents only. In b. 169 of A there is no accent above the second chord, which was corrected in all other sources. A consistent musical context may result in an assumption that all those differences are but mere omissions, which leads to the version proposed for the main text. In FE (→IE) accents are marked in RH, which must have resulted from incorrect notation of FC3 (cf. notation of A, especially in bars 172-175).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 164

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

c1-e1-a1 in FE1

c1-e1-g1 in FE0 (→GE,EE)
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FE0 (→GE,EE) has the c1-e1-g triad on the 2nd crotchet. While proofreading FE1, Chopin changed the topmost note of this chord from g1 to a1. This version, as the later one, was adopted to the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 164-165

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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In FE0 (→FE,FEG) there is no change to the bass clef here. The sign was erroneously added in GE1, by placing it only after the 1st crotchet in bar 165. Eventually, the error was corrected in GE2 (→GE3). EE also features the clef in the correct place.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 164

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

 in A (→FE→EE)

 in GE1

 in GE2 (→GE3→GE4)
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In GE Chopin  was reproduced inaccurately – GE1 includes , which in the subsequent GE was arbitrarily changed to  (see the characteristics of GE2).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 164-168

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

Slur over L.H. in GC (→GE)

Unfinished slur in FE

Slur from 2nd beat in EE

Completion of slur in FE suggested by the editors
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The slur of GC (→GE) includes only this part of the five-bar-long melodic passage whose performance Chopin assigned to the left hand. It is certainly an inaccuracy, perhaps repeated after [A] (the original version?). In turn, a respective slur in FE is broken at the end of the text's line and most probably it was supposed to be led to the end of the phrase (Chopin could have extended it in [A] already after having prepared GC). There is no doubt it is necessary to embrace the entire passage with a slur, if we take into consideration the authentic slurring of analogous phrases. Both possibilities of starting the slur – from the first or second beat of bar 164 – can be considered to be equal.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC , Authentic corrections of EE