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b. 374

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Octaves in EE

Chords in GC, literal reading

GC in more precise notation 

FE

GE
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The EE version with empty C1-c and c1-c2 octaves may well be either original or just incorrect. In the main text we present the GC notation adjusted to include accents on the inner notes of the chord, which was impossible to add in print. Moreover, this is most probably the [A2] (>FE). In GE two accents are replaced by one.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

b. 374-376

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

Small notes in bars 374-375 in A & GE2

Regular notes in GE1

​Small notes separately, in bar 376 d1-f1 in FE1

c1-f1 in bar 376 in FE2

Regular notes in EE
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The absence of the c1-f1 fourth in bar 376 is probably Chopin's oversight; he then added it while proofreading FE (FE1 added d1-f1, erroneously, which was corrected to c1-f1 in FE2). At the time of performing this proofreading, the composer also introduced a more transparent, two-voice notation of all three chords, in which only the top note belongs to the solo part. EE repeated the text of FE2, without preserving the differences in the size of the notes, though. In almost all subsequent collective editions, the dyads of the accompaniment were erroneously included in the solo part (on the basis of GE1).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 374-375

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

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering

Selected fingering from FEH
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Out of the fingering digits written in FEH, we adopt to the main text the group that stands out due to resemblance to Chopin's handwriting.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEH

b. 374-375

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

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The cautionary sharps before the c-c​​​​​​​1 octave were added in GE and EE2 (→EE3); they were also added in FEH. In bar 375, the cautionary sharps before g2 at the beginning of the bar and G-g on the 3rd quaver are present in all sources; GE3 added also a  before g3, less justified, according to us. In turn, in the main text we add a  before f3 in bar 374. The counterparts of the cautionary accidentals added by us in bar 374 are present in the sources in analogous bar 378.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Annotations in FEH

b. 374

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign