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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 533

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Sixth in EE & GC (→GE)

Octave in FE
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The c2-a2 sixth adopted for the main text based on EE and GC (→GE) harmonically conludes the passage and is a melodic connector between c2 sounds in bars 529 and 534. The authenticity of the a1-a2 octave in FE is not certain - the engraver's mistake seems probable here.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error

b. 533

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

e-g in FE (→GE,EE)

g-e suggested by the editors
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In the source version, we encounter evident, awkward in this context, parallel e-e1 and g-g1 octaves. A comparison with analogous bar 178 suggests – in the absence of arguments for differentiating these bars – a possibility of an erroneous swap of notes by the engraver of FE. Such mistakes can be found in first editions of Chopin's pieces, e.g. in the Prelude in B​​​​​​​ Minor, Op. 28 No. 16, bar 2 (in GE). Moreover, it cannot be excluded that it is the original version of that place, corrected in bar 178 and inadvertently left here. This possibility is indicated by the melodic shape of this bar, analogous to the previous figure – using a recent scheme in an accompanying figure is a natural starting point in the composing process.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 533-534

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur in A (→FC→GE), EE & FED

No slur in FE
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The L.H. slur overlooked in FE was added in EE. Chopin added it also in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED

b. 540-565

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

in EE

#in GC (→GE)

in FE
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No continuation of the dashed line determining the scope of cresc. ​on the new page in FE (from b. 542) must be an error. The replacemnent of a typical abbreviation with a full word split into syllables is a characteristic revison of EE. In the main text we present the GC (→GE) version.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 540-543

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Pedal up to bar 542 in A

No markings in FC (→GE1) & GE3

only in FE (→EE)

Pedal up to bar 543 in GE2
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In the main text we give the pedalling of A, the only irrefutably authentic. The missing pedalling in FC (→GE) may be a result of an oversight of the copyist: overlooked slurs suggest distraction. It is also likely that Chopin added it in A after having prepared FC. The missing  mark seems to be an oversight of the engraver of FE. The oversight can result in a long, more or less four-bar pedal, to which this virtuoso passage in loud dynamics prompts. Such a pedalling was indicated – arbitrarily – in GE2 and removed in GE3. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark , Errors of FC