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b. 138

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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According to the principles governing use of cautionary accidentals that we have adopted, the  before g flat in the 3rd chord is unnecessary. The reason why Chopin put it in A (→GE→FE→EE) was probably the non-typical chord orthography that may bring associations with the diminished triad g - c sharp1- e1. Chopin introduced that enharmonically changed notation in the last phase of writing A, which is testified by the visible deletion of the chord originally written as the previous one.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Cautionary accidentals , Enharmonic corrections

b. 138

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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In A (→GE), there is a  entered before d flat1 in the 1st chord. That sign, totally unnecessary in the context, was removed in the proofing of FE (→EE), perhaps at Chopin's request. It is conceivable that the much more clearly written  lowering f1 to f flat1 in A was, in Chopin's intention, to replace the sign put mistakenly before d flat1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 138-143

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slurs in GC, contextual interpretation

Less probable reading of GC (→GE)

Slur in EE and FE
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Bar 139 is not embraced with any slur in GC: the slur from the preceding bars reaches only to the end of bar 138 (the last bar on the manuscript page) and a new slur begins as far as bar 140. We think that, since the slur in bar 138 indicates continuation, one should assume that it was supposed to reach the minim in bar 139. GE has got a different reading of those slurs; one of them ends in bar 138 and another one begins in bar 139. In EE and FE the slur is not divided, which is probably another authentic version of the slurring, alternative to the version of GC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 138

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

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In FE there is no  returning a on the penultimate quaver. Chopin overlooked this error also in FEG, yet in GE1 (→GE2→GE3) the correct revision was performed. The necessary sign is also in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 138-139

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

e2 in A (→GC,FE,EE)

e2 in FE2 (→FE3) & GE
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In the editors' opinion, e2 in A (→GC,FE1,EE), although possible from harmonic point of vue, results probably from Chopin's inadvertence. In any case, the almost certainly authentic correction of FE2 (→FE3) urges to acknowledge e2 as the composer's last intention. Also added was the flat in GE, as were the cautionary naturals before e1-e2 in the next bar in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE