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b. 238

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

b3 in A (literal reading→GE→FE,IE)

b3 in EE

b3 (with ) suggested by the editors
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The  raising b3 to b3 added in EE  is a routine revision, justified by dozens of places in which Chopin considered the accidental written the first time a given note appears to be valid also in other octaves (cf., e.g. the notation of the passages in bars 266-278). However, in this case, the altered note is only in the L.H. part, and its influence on the R.H. passage is not as obvious, particularly if we consider the shape of the melody of these passages in the preceding bar, where the 4th and 8th quavers are not within the key; they are foreign notes. Due to the above, in the main text we consider the A text (→GE→FE,EE) as if it did not contain a mistake, while in the main text we add a cautionary , advisable in this situation.  

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves

b. 238

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

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In A (→GE→FE,EE,IE) Chopin wrote two cautionary flats in the R.H. part, to a2 and a3 (the 5th quaver). In the main text we also add a  to the L.H. part, which was also performed in GE (→FE,EE,IE); on the other hand, we omit the unnecessary accidental to the 5th quaver.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 239-240

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

8 in bar 239 in EE & GC (→GE)

8 in bars 239-240 in FE

Version of FE, unabbreviated notation 
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In EE and GC (→GE) the lower note of the L.H. octave, D, is written – as 8 – only in bar 239. That notation, when read literally, means the absence of both the tie and the tied note in bar 240. In FE, sustaining of the entire octave is written, also by means of an abbreviation, is a doubtless manner.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC , Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 239-243

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE

Slur in GC (→GE)

Slur in FE
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In GC, the slur ending in bar 239 – the last bar on the page of that manuscript – allows for several possible interpretations. As the version of that source we give the one that is the closest to the literal reading of the text, i.e. slur reaching the end of that bar. This is how it was reproduced in GE. Other possible interpretations include: slur continuation into bar 240 (version of FE) and closing the slur on f in bar 239 (version of EE). For our main text we adopt the slur of FE, in line with the slurring of analogous phrases in bars 192-199 and 486-493.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 239

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

 in FE1

leggiero in GE

Both indications in EE
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Chopin added the indication leggiero in FEG (→GE) and in the base text to EE, whereas  – in the base text to FE and EE. As each of these indications was written by Chopin in two base texts and in one of them – EE – he wrote both, in the main text we give both indications. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE , Authentic corrections of EE