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b. 185

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

Whole-bar slur in A (→GE)

Slur over quavers in FE, EE & IE
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In the main text we keep the A (→GE) slur, being a part of the irregular group marking. In the remaining editions it was transformed into an articulation slur, which can be considered an acceptable variant, as in later pieces Chopin would often change the initially written "rhythmic" slurs into articulation ones – cf., e.g. the Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12, bars 52-62.
The same in bar 368.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Triplet slurs

b. 186-188

composition: Op. 43, Tarantella

 
 
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In GE there are no slurs connecting quavers and crotchets in the RH part on the first and second beat of b. 187 and the first beat of b. 188.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 186

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Last semiquaver e1-e2 in A (→FE,EE) & GE3

f1-f2 in GC (→GE1→GE2)
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The version in GC (→GE1→GE2) is undoubtedly mistaken – cf. the previous bar. The error was corrected only in GE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 186

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

b & b1 in A (→GC,FE,EE)

b & b1 in GE1

b & b1 in GE2 (→GE3)
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Before the first semiquaver GE added a lowering b to b, and GE2 (→GE3) also shifted the  lowering b1 to b1 from before the 5th semiquaver to before the 3rd one. These arbitrary changes continue the harmonic revisions initiated by the addition of a  lowering b1 to b1 in the middle of the previous bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 186

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

f2 in the chord in A

No f2 in the chord in GE (→FE→EE)
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The missing f1 in the editions is almost certainly a result of an oversight of the engraver of GE1, since one can see neither traces nor reasons for a possible removal of this note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE