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b. 164

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

Quaver e in A

Crotchet e in FE (→GE,EE)

Our suggestion
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Taking into account the double, compatible correction of Chopin in bars 12 and 60, we consider the version of the editions in this place to be non-authentic. The engraver of FE probably generalised the extension of quavers falling on the main beats of the bar, which could have been both a mistake and a revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 164-168

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

Slur to end of bar 168 in GC, $FE (→EE) & GE2

Slur to end of bar 161 in GE1
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The error in GE1 might have resulted from the inaccurate notation of GC – the slur in bar 166 (last in the system) only reaches to the last crotchet despite the slur in the subsequent bars distinctly indicating a continuation. In GE2 that notation was interpreted correctly.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 164

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

Accent over c3 in A

Accent over third in GE (→FE→EE)

Our alternative suggestion (long accent)
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The accent in A certainly concerns c3, and not the d2-f2 third, as it was reproduced in the editions (cf. analogous bar 314 in the recapitulation). It is also unclear what kind of accent Chopin meant here, long or short. The sign is very similar to the short accents at the beginning of bars 162 and 164, yet it also does not differ significantly from the long accents in bars 159 and 161. Since the accent in an analogous bar in the recapitulation is clearly long, we suggest a version with such an accent also in this place.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 164

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

No slurs in A

Slurs from 1st quaver in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Slurs from 2nd quaver in GE2
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The absence of slurs in this bar is undoubtedly Chopin's mistake in A. The slurs – half-bar-long – were added already in GE1 (→FE→EE), by analogy with adjacent bars. However, it is highly unlikely that such a range would correspond to Chopin's intention – cf. bar 159.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 164-166

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

No marks in FE (→EE)

Staccato dot in bar 164 in GE

3 dots suggested by the editors
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The bass notes are provided with staccato dots both in strictly analogous bars 156-158 and similar bars 152-154 and 160-162. In this situation, the absence of dots in the discussed bars must be considered an oversight, since there is no doubt that the places are to be performed in the same manner (cf. similarly structured bars 456-471 in the 3rd mov. of the Concerto in E Minor, Op. 11). In GE, only the first dot was added, in bar 164.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies