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b. 137

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

Quaver F in A (→FE→EE)

Staccato quaver F in GE

No F in FES
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As in bar 33, in the ninth chord in the L.H. at the beginning of the bar Chopin deleted F in the FES pupil's copy. The facilitation can be considered to be a variant for a small hand.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 137

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

 in A

No sign in FE (→GE,EE)
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Same as in bar 9, the absence of the  sign is most probably a mistake of the engraver of FE (→GE,EE). It seems that seeing in A a reference to the earlier section of the piece, the engraver used the already engraved text and not A again.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 137

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

2 different slurs in GC

No 2nd slur in FE1

2 different slurs in FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4)

2 half-bar-long slurs in GE
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The inconsistent with the bar stucture L.H. slurring in GC as well as the lack of the second L.H. slur in FE1 are almost certainly mistakes by the copyist and the engraver. On the other hand, the slur added in FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4) is probably inaccurate, as evidenced by the slurring of the subsequent bars. In the main text, we give the probable reconstruction of the slurs in [A], aptly guessed in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 137-138

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

Pedal change in GC

No pedal change in FE (→EE)

Pedal change in GE
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We adopt the pedalling from FE in the main text, for it is consistent with the pedalling of the subsequent bars. The placement of the  sign in GE, although apt from a pianistic point of view, is nevertheless a probable arbitrariness of the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 137

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

Long accents in A

Short accents in GE (→FE→EE)
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In spite of the difference in the size, we consider both accents of A in this bar to be long – cf. a similar situation in the following bar, 138.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE