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b. 193

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

e2 in A (→FE→EE,GE1→GE1a,GE2)

d2 in GE3 (→GE4)
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The change of authentic e2 to d2 performed several dozen years after Chopin's death was an arbitrary decision. It is difficult to say what prompted the reviser of GE3 to introduce it – whether he was convinced (unjustifiably) that it was a G minor chord that was valid as the harmonic basis or whether he was unable to find a comfortable fingering (after all, there are several possibilities).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 193

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

d1 in A

e1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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According to us, the version of A is a mistake, which is indicated by a comparison with an analogous phrase in b. 93, identical in terms of the intervals used. Anyways, authentic proofreading of FE proves that this version was ultimately rejected.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 193

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Turn & grace note in AsI

Trill with ending in remaining sources
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AsI presents an earlier version of the ornament on the 2nd quaver of the bar. It is also possible that all the grace notes were added later, so that the original version did not contain any ornamentation.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Main-line changes

b. 193

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

in A

 in GE (→FE,FESB)

in EE
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In GE (→FE,FESB) a  hairpin with a much shorter lower arm was erroneously interpreted as . In EE the marking was moved below the upper staff.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 193

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

Wedge in A

Staccato dot & whole-bar slur in GE (→FE,EE)

Whole-bar slur in IE

Wedge & slur from 2nd quaver suggested by the editors
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In A the initial octave is provided with a staccato mark, which we interpret as a wedge – although small, the mark is clearly oblong. The differences between the notation of the staccato marks in the motif consisting of three C-c octaves are confirmed by the unambiguous notation of the analogous motifs in bars 1-2, 9-10, 11-12, 184-185 and 186-187. In GE (→FE,EE) a dot was provided, which was omitted in IE due to the slur beginning from this note or simply overlooked. A slur of this range was added in GE (→FE,EE,IE) – in A Chopin omitted it – referring to the inaccurate interpretation of the Chopinesque slurs in analogous bars (cf., e.g. bars 10-12). In the main text we add a slur after the authentic slurs in the aforementioned bars.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Wedges ,