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b. 230-231

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

No tie in GC (→GE)

Tie in FE (→EE)
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Same as in bars 30-31 (the recapitulation is not written out in GC), the absence of the tie sustaining a2 is probably an oversight of the copyist.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 230-231

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

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The natural before the 5th quaver in the L.H. in bar 230 (c1) was added only in GE2. The natural before the 1st quaver in bar 231 (d1) is absent in FE; it was added in EE. The sign is also in GC, in which it is added by Chopin's hand (in bar 43), and in GE, which is based on it.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 230

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

Long accents in A, contextual interpretation

Short accent in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Short accents in GE2
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In this bar, it is unclear what kind of accents Chopin meant – in A the first two may be interpreted as long or short, the third one is long and the fourth one is short. A comparison with analogous bars – see bar 226, allows to resolve the doubt in favour of long accents. We discuss the fourth of them separately due to the sign's vague placement.

In GE1 (→FE→EE), the first and third accents were overlooked, which was corrected in GE2. All accents in the editions are short, although the sign in FE could be considered to be long.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 230

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

a in A, literal reading

f in A (contextual interpretation) & GE (→FE→EE)
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The a note written in A (the 11th semiquaver) is most probably Chopin's mistake (the so-called Terzverschreibung error). The note was corrected to f already in GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2) and it is highly likely that it was performed by Chopin himself.

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

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 230

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

f in A (→GE) & EE

a in FE
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One can see Chopin's proofreading in the version of FE, since a as the penultimate note reasonably combines with the 1st chord in the next bar. However, the argument brought forward in the note concerning the previous figure suggests a Terzverschreibung error, which is more likely, according to us. It was considered a mistake already in EE, in which a was changed to f.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Terzverschreibung error , Authentic corrections of FE