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b. 252-259

composition: Op. 43, Tarantella

 
 
 
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In GE2 (→GE3>GE4) each beat of bars 252-259 is slurred in LH. In GE1 only the first slur is notated over the 252-253 bar line. In FE (→IE) there are only two slurs over the first and second beat of 258 i 259, and in  EE only the last one was retained.

In A and FC3 this part is not written out with notes in the LH part - the notes are replaced by repetition of bars. However in A the first slur in this part is notated, while there is no such slur in FC3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 252

composition: Op. 43, Tarantella

 
 
 
 
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Every beat in bars 252-259 (starting with the second beat) in A, FC3 and EE is slurred. In FE (→IE) the first beat of b. 259 is not slurred. In GE4 only bars 252-255 are slurred. In GE1 (→GE2GE3) there are no slurs in this part at all.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 252-257

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE

GC (→GE)

 

Our variant suggestion

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The only difference between the pedalling of EE and FE is the presence or absence of the pedal change at the beginning of bar 253. We include both those options in our main text as variants. The pedalling of GC (→GE) may also be authentic (cf. pedal marks in EE in bars 259-265), but the copyist's error is just as plausible, as he may have written here the pedalling for the next line of text (from bars 259-265, in which GC has no pedal marks at all).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 252-253

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

Slur to bar 253 in A

Slur only in bar 252 in GE (→FEEE)

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In A the slur at the end of bar 252 (the last one on the page) indicates an intention to lead it to the next bar, where the slur's ending was not written though. Perhaps it was the reason, together with an interrupted continuity of the sign caused by an uneven ink outflow, why the slur was shortened in the editions. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 252-253

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

No marks in A & FE (→EE)

Staccato dot in GE1

3 dots in GE2

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An additional staccato dot in GE1 seems to be a mistake, since it is absent in A (cf. bars 249-250). On the other hand, it is the last bar on the page in A, which fosters the appearance of inaccuracies, hence it cannot be excluded that Chopin forgot a dot or dots. The dot is absent in FE (→EE), which may be explained by a mistake, this time of the engraver of FE, by its removal by Chopin in FE or by its addition in the last phase of proofreading of GE1, not included in FE (according to us, Chopin's proofreading is highly unlikely). In this uncertain situation, in the main text we give the version of A, yet the version of GE1 (and even of GE2) may be regarded as potentially corresponding to Chopin's idea.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions