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b. 168-169

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

No fingering in A (→GE→FE,IE)

Fingering in EE
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In the main text, we do not include the inauthentic fingering added by EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 169

composition: Op. 43, Tarantella

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In all the sources, except EE, the third quaver g2 in RH part has no . We see it as omission and add it for the main text, since there are no suggestions as for the g note on itself in this bar of the phrase.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A

b. 169-170

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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The slur is GE (in both hands) are discontinued here. This is clearly an error caused probably by the erroneous reading of the slur and octave sign in GC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 169

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

d1 in A (→FE,GC→GE)

d1 in EE

d1 with  suggested by the editors
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Next to the bottom note of the 1st sixth in the 2nd half of the bar there is no accidental neither in A nor in GC and FE, which were proofread by Chopin. Therefore, we should accept this note to be d1, and that is what we give in the main text, supplemented with a cautionary . However, it should be noted that Chopin would often forget to cancel an alteration, particularly when, just like here, they were present in another voice (cf., e.g. the Etude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2, bar 1 and analog., in D major, Op. 25 No. 8, bar 3, in G minor, Op. 25 No. 6, bar 4 or the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, 3rd mov., bar 422 and analog.). In this situation, we cannot completely rule out the authenticity of the version with d1, in spite of the fact that Chopin, who almost certainly did not take part in the preparation of EE, could not have added the  visible in that edition.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 169

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A (→FE,GC→GE)

No slurs in EE
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EE overlooks both slurs in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE