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b. 169

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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We add a cautionary  next to the L.H. g in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 169-170

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs from 2nd semiquaver in A (→FE,EE)

Slurs from 1st semiquaver in GC (→GE)
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In A the R.H. slurs were clearly corrected – originally they started from the first semiquaver after the rest, only to have the beginnings deleted, so they ultimately start from the 2nd semiquaver. It is hard to say why such clear corrections were not taken into account in GC (→GE). Similar differences between the sources also occur in bars 173-174.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 169-170

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

Crotchets in A

Quavers in FE (→GE,EE)
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The notation with no additional crotchet stems to 2nd and 4th quavers is probably inaccurate.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 169

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

Slur in GC, literal reading

Arpeggio sign in GC, contextual interpretation

No sign in FE (→EE1)

Tie to grace note in GE & EE2
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The tie visible in GC before the chord means an arpeggio in this context. The version of GE, repeated then in EE2, is a result of a routine revision – the sign was moved to the side of the note head of the d1 grace note, which gave it a form of a tie sustaining the grace note (cf. the note on the part of the L.H.). No slur in FE (→EE1) is most probably an oversight.

FE1 includes an erroneous c1 as the grace note, which was corrected in the next impressions.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 169

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

Slur up to f in GC

Slur up to B in FE (→EE)

Slur below notes in GE
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In the main text we reproduce the little slur running from the grace note in the version of GC, in this case probably closest to [A]. The little slur can be, according to us, interpreted as a conventional sign, by playing the grace note and the fifth, or as a B1-B-f arpeggio. The notation of FE (→EE) is most probably inaccurate (cf. the adjacent note), whereas of GE – routinely revised; at the same time, both eliminate the possibility of a double interpretation.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions