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b. 245-247

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

Short accents in #FE (→GE,EE)

Long accents suggested by the editors
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The accents in the L.H. in bars 245 and 247 have different length in FE, but they do not seem to be long, so both GE and EE reproduced them as short. According to us, it is still possible that Chopin wrote long accents in [A], which is indicated by the slightly longer mark in FE in bar 247 and evident long accents in the orchestral part of FEorch (clarinet I and bassoon I).  

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents

b. 245

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

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEH

b. 245-247

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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We add cautionary naturals before e​​​​​​​2 in bar 245 and e3 in bar 247.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 245-246

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

2 separate slurs in A

Continuous slur in FE (→EE)

3 separate slurs in GE
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In A, the slurs between these bars were being corrected – according to us, Chopin divided the initial continuous slur, which is indicated by the endings marking the division of the slur (the endings are clearly bolder, hence more important, final). However, the part of the initial slur that was supposed to be deleted was not eventually removed, hence FE (→EE) understood this correction the other way around (it is also likely that the correction was not there yet when FE was being engraved – see the description of FE). In the main text we give the slurs separated by Chopin. The versions of GE and GE1a, with the slur divided before the last sextuplet and after it, most probably resulted from mistakes or arbitrary revisions.
We discuss the issue of the additional slurs encompassing the sextuplets separately – see the previous note.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in FE , Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 245

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

2 sextuplet slurs in A (→FE→EE)

No additional sex­tuplet slurs in GE, our alternative suggestion

1 additional slur in GE1a
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In the main text we reproduce the additional slurs over the sextuplets, consistently present in A (→FE,EE).
Justification for our alternative suggestion without separate sextuplet slurs – see b. 242-244. The fact that these slurs are partially or completely missing from GE and GE1a is most probably due to mistakes or arbitrary revisions.
The issue concerning the divisions of the top slur are discussed in the next note.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions