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b. 194

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

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In A (→GE1→FE) there are no accidentals before the last two quavers. This patent inaccuracy was corrected in EE and GE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 194

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt III

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FE (→EE,GE1→GE2) includes cautionary sharps before g1 and g​​​​​​​2. In this place, the accidentals are not necessary, since the divergence from the transitionally valid key, F major, was carefully marked by Chopin already two bars earlier with cautionary sharps before g1(2) and naturals before b1(2).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 194-196

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Staccato dot in A (→FC→GE1)

No marks in FE (→EE) & GE2

3 dots in GE3
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As in b. 186 and 188, we regard the staccato dot in b. 194 as a remnant of an original version, presumably removed during the proofreading of FE (→EE). The mark was also omitted in GE2, while GE3 not only restored it but also arbitrarily added dots in b. 195-196.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 194-198

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

No marks in A (→FE→GE,EE)

Tenuto marks in FED

Our variant suggestion
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In the main text we include the tenuto marks under the c1 minims in b. 194, 196 and 198, entered probably by Chopin. They are most probably an attenuated version of long accents – cf. b. 8, 10 and analog. Similar dashes are to be found in a copy of the same pupil in the Concerto in E minor, Op. 11, II mov., b. 47 as well.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 194-195

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Slur to a1 in A & EE

No slur in FE

Slur to g1 in GE
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The analysis of the corrections of slurs in similar motifs that are visible in A – in b. 8-19, 100-101 and perhaps 198-199, one can see that the slurs were being prolonged so that they reached the minim ending the motif – leads to the conclusion that the slur in the discussed bars is the initial version of slurring of this figure, left by inadvertence. Therefore, in the main text we give a longer slur, compliant with the final slurring concept.
The absence of the slur in FE must be an oversight by the engraver, which was amended – most probably on the basis of a comparison with analogous figures – both by GE and EE. The reviser of GE probably took into account previous similar places too, whereas his English colleague looked only at the nearest figure, in b. 196.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place