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b. 375

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur from 3rd semiquaver in AsI, literal reading

Slur from 2nd semiquaver in A & GE3

Slur from first semiquaver in AsI (contextual interpretation) & GE1 (→FE,EE,GE2→FESB)
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The slur starting earlier in GE1 (→FE,EE,GE2→FESB) must be a mistake by the engraver of GE1, corrected in GE3, probably on the basis of a comparison with the L.H. slur and with bar 376.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 375

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No marks in AsI

Wedge above b1 in A

Wedge above b1 in A

2 wedges in GE (→FE,EE)

2 wedges in GE (→FE,EE)
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We consider the added wedge in the L.H. part to be an apt specification of articulation, regardless of whether it was done at Chopin's request or not. In AsI staccato marks are absent both here and in the next bar, while the slur over these bars (see bar 376) proves that it was not caused solely by the working nature of the manuscript; back then, Chopin was most probably still pondering this kind of performance.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions

b. 376-377

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

g tied in EE and GE

No tie in GC and FE
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The tie on g in EE must be an error - in corresponding bars 34-35 in EE there is no tie. And the tie in GE must be a revision. See annotation in 377.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 376-377

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Differences in placement of  - between the beginning of b. 376 in FE and b. 377 in EE - are mostly accidental and have no impact on performance. Our proposal presented in the main text seems to be the best for practical reasons.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 376-377

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

Slurs in A (literal interpretation→GE1)

Slurs in A (possible interpretation) & FE (→EE)

Slur in A (contextual interpretation) & GE2
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Bar 376 is the last one on the page in A, which provoked an uncertainty concerning the issue of slurring – the slur in this bar clearly points to continuation, yet in bar 377 a new slur begins. The easiest interpretation of this notation is the version of GE1; however, the version of FE and one slur of GE2 can be considered to be justified. In the main text we suggest the version of GE2, due to the analogy with bars 32-33.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A