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b. 185

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A (→FE→EE)

No sign in FC (→GE)
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The lack of a  hairpin in FC (→GE) is most probably a copyist's oversight. Likewise in the analogous b. 636.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC

b. 185

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

at end of bar in sources

 under b, our alternative suggestion
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The  asterisk having been removed at the end of the bar in A and added under b, as in b. 180-181, is a reason for the suggested alternative version of pedalling. As Chopin considered a whole-bar pedal unsuitable for b. 184, there is no visible reason to apply it in b. 185, which is almost identical. Actually, there is a number of situations in which Chopin omits an intended correction in one of a few places, cf., e.g. the Etude in E, Op. 10 No. 3, b. 33, Prelude in B, Op. 28 No. 21, b. 36 or the Concerto in E minor, Op. 11, I mov., b. 50-51.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 185-187

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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There are no accidentals to the chords in the middle of bar 185 and 187 in A (→GE), which, when interpreted literally, results in E chords in both places, with g1 and g2, interfering with the E minor chords from the beginning of the bar, held with pedal. The overlooked flats were added – probably at Chopin's request – in bar 187 in FE1 (with a mistake – a  to e1 instead of to g1) and in bar 185 in FE2 (→EE), but not in GE.
In the main text we omit the  to the g2 quaver at the end of bar 187, unnecessary in the corrected version.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE , Last key signature sign

b. 185-186

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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The deletions visible in A in the 2nd half of bar 185 and at the beginning of bar 186 reveal that Chopin initially wrote the L.H. part an octave higher (in the treble clef, as it was 2 bars before). He committed a similar mistake in bar 197 as well.
See also the Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, bars 159-160 or the Scherzo in C minor, Op. 39, bars 345-347.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Errors of A , Deletions in A

b. 185

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

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In the main text we omit the cautionary  to a, present in all sources, which is totally unjustified here.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign