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b. 274

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

No markings in the sources

Pedalling suggested by the editors

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The lack of pedalling in this bar may be regarded as Chopin's oversight – markings in the next two bars suggest that the composer did not link pedal indications with the lower bass note being struck. The complement suggested by the editors is particularly advisable when the pianist employs a division between hands implied by the score.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 274

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

Upper voice slur in A & GE2

Lower voice slur in GE1

Both slurs in FE (→EE)

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The slur of the bottom voice, appearing in GE instead of the slur of the top voice written in A, is probably a mistake, although its addition by Chopin cannot be entirely excluded (e.g. if in the proof copy no slur was included, Chopin could have added two and the engraver only the bottom one). In any case, in the proofreading of FE (→EE) Chopin restored the top slur, without removing the bottom one, so that next to the version of A one can also notice the version of FE with two slurs. In the main text we give the version of A, since the authenticity of the bottom slur is not as unquestionable as of the top one; moreover, the top slur applies to the entire part of the R.H. by default.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 274

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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In FE (→EE1), there is no  raising a2 to a2. The error, obvious in this context, may have occurred already in [A]. The necessary accidental was added in GE and EE2 (→EE3). Similarly in bar 290.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors repeated in EE

b. 274-276

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur to bar 274 in A (→FEEE)

Slur to end of bar 276 in FC

Slur beyond bar 276 in GE1

Slur to bar 276 in GE2 (→GE3)

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The longer phrase mark of FC is the original version copied (somehow inaccurately) from A: in A one can see that when it returned to Chopin after having been copied by Fontana, the composer crossed out the original ending of that phrase mark and added a new ending 2 bars earlier. The long, continuous slur in GE1 results from a misinterpretation of FC, rectified in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Deletions in A

b. 274

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Minim g in A (→FCGE)

Dotted minim g in FE (→EE)

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In FE (→EE) the g note is a dotted minim, which is a mistake. The crossing-out in A shows that it was also Chopin that initially wrote it like that; however, he eventually clarified the notation to avoid the g-a cluster at the end of the bar.

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

issues: Errors in FE , Deletions in A , Errors repeated in EE