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b. 182

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In GE1, the minim A flat1 has no stem.  The error was corrected in GE2.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in GE

b. 182

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

B-d-g in FE0 (→FE,EE,FEG→GE1)

e-g in GE2 (→GE3)
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In analogous bar 10 Chopin changed the B-d-g chords for e-g thirds. He introduced this correction in all three base texts: in FEG (→GE), as well as in the base texts to FE and EE. Lack of respective changes in bar 182 is most probably a result of an oversight – Chopin was known to leave out a correction in one of a few similar places – therefore, also in this bar we give the corrected version with thirds, resulting in a lighter sound. The revisers of GE2 (→GE3) introduced the same change.  

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 182

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

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In GC and FE (→EE1) the  before the top most note is already before the 1st chord. It is hard to say how the mistake, which had to be already in [A], occurred (corrections?). In addition, in the proofreading of FE4, this obviously erroneous version was confirmed, by adding in this chord a  before c1. It is either a mistake of the engraver or a missed revision. In GE the  was moved before the second chord, in accordance with the musical sense and the version of analogous bar 142; similarly in EE2, in which, however, flats before the extreme notes of the 1st chord were added.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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

b. 182-183

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

Separate slurs in A (→FE→EE,GE1no2,GE1op→GE2op→GE3op)

One slur in GE2no2
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Same as in bars 54-55, combining the slurs in GE2no2 is a revision contrary to the Chopin notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 182-184

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

Long accent in A

Short accent in GE (→FE)

Vertical accent in EE

Long accents suggested by the editors
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The accent over the minim in bar 182 in A is undoubtedly long, which was not reproduced in the editions. According to us, the absence of the sign in an analogous situation in bar 184 must be considered Chopin's inadvertence – in Morch corresponding signs are in all parts performing this motif (cellos, double basses and trombones).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE