Issues : Accidentals in different octaves

b. 3

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

b1-c2 & g1-c2 in AsI, basic version

b1-c2 & g1-c2 in AsI, basic version

b1-e2 & g1-e2 in AsI, later version

b1-e2 & g1-e2 in AsI, later version

2 times b1-e2 in A

2 times b1-e2 in A

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The version of the 2nd half of the bar added in AsI seems to be the first version of the final text, hence we regard it as a variant of the latter. However, as upon the return of this bar (bar 19) AsI has only one version, identical to the final one, all three versions can be actually treated interchangeably.

The AsI notation is inaccurate in terms of accidentals – in the principal version the  raising e2 to e2 is written only just in the 4th R.H. figure, while in the added version there is no natural at all. On the other hand, in the L.H. part, Chopin unnecessarily repeated a  to e1 in the 4th passage.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Cautionary accidentals , Accompaniment changes

b. 4

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

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FE (except for FE4) lacks in five necessary accidentals – naturals before d2 and b and sharps before ff2 and g2. This patent inaccuracy certainly has its source in the notation of [A]. Similarly in GC, in which, however, Chopin added a  raising b to b. In GC (→GE) there are also no naturals before the last octave in the R.H. – it can be an oversight of the copyist or a later addition in [A]. In the remaining sources the signs were completed (all additions can be attributed to a revision): three were added in EE1 and FE4, four in GE; only EE2 includes the correct notation. Cf. bar 24.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 4

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

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In Atut, there is no  raising the bottom note of the L.H. on the 3rd beat of the bar. This patent inaccuracy was corrected in FE (→GE,EE). There is a similar situation in bar 12.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 5-8

composition: Op. 10 No 10, Etude in A♭ major

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In the 2nd four-bar section Chopin wrote the accidentals less carefully. In A (→FE) there are no naturals before b2 in bar 5 and d3 in bars 7-8. These patent oversights were corrected in GE and EE (in EE3 the  in bar 7 was not completed).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 5-13

composition: Op. 28 No. 8, Prelude in F♯ minor

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In this Prelude Chopin generally did not use accidentals before the top notes in broken octaves – see b. 1-4. In the discussed bars, the problem concerns the following cases:

  • in b. 5 e2,
  • in b. 7 d3 and d3,
  • in b. 8 c3, c3 and b2,
  • in b. 9 b2, b2, a2, g2 and c3,
  • in b. 10, c3, c3, b2 and a2,
  • in b. 11 c3 and b2,
  • in b. 12 g2, f2 and g2,
  • in b. 13 g2, f2 and c2.

Such a notation is in A (→FC,FE), whereas EE1, EE2, GE1 and GE2 added the majority of the necessary accidentals (17, 20, 21 and 22 out of the necessary 23, respectively).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE