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b. 228-230

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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In AImaz the harmonic filling in b. 228 – crotchet on the 2nd beat of the bar – is written down as a minim. In b. 229 on the 3rd beat of the bar there is a crotchet instead of a L.H. rest. In b. 230 the L.H. part rhythm is the same as in the final version in b. 171, while in the R.H. part a1 is repeated on the 3rd beat of the bar.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 228-229

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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The chromatic notation of A is inaccurate in a peculiar way – Chopin overlooked the  to the bottom note of the 1st octave in b. 228 (B1) and the accidentals to the bottom notes of the sixths on the 4th quaver in both bars (a2 and f2, respectively). It is also noteworthy that there is a cautionary  to f2, but not a quaver earlier to f1. FE added only a  to B1.
GE and EE added the remaining necessary accidentals to the version of FE, while GE also added cautionary naturals to f1 and f3. The former was also added by EE2 (→EE3), which results in a version adopted to the main text.
See also the notes in the next bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , FE revisions , Last key signature sign , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 228-239

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

2-semiquaver beams in A

4-semiquaver beams in GE (→FE,EE,FESB)
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The semiquavers being grouped differently in the editions resulted from an arbitrary decision of the engraver of GE1 – see bars 208-227. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 228-239

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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The initial edit of the solo part of this variation, the only one written down in AsI and crossed out in A, is discussed separately as Variation IV, initial version.  

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

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A

b. 228-230

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Different accents in A

Long accents in GE

No marks in FE (→EE1)

Short accents in EE2
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In bar 228 and 230 the absence of accents in FE (→EE1) proves that Chopin added them to A after [FC] had been finished. In GE, and on the basis thereof also in EE1, the marks are standardised – long in GE and short in EE2. In the main text we give the A version with a pair of accents of different length in each of these bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE