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b. 254

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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We add cautionary flats before d2, g2 and g1 in the main text. The sources only have ​​​​​​​ before d1.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 254

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before e2. The accidental was also added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 254

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In all editions, this bar opens a new line, and there is a slur reaching the first L.H. note (B), which seems to be a continuation of the slur from the preceding bar. However, there is no L.H. part slur in the previous bar, which points to a mistake, most probably when prolonging the R.H. slur. Considering the division of the text into lines we adopted in our transcriptions, a reasonable reproduction of this notation is impossible.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 254

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

f-d1-a1 in A (→GE) & FE1

f-d1-b1 in FE2 (→EE)
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The A (→GE) and FE1 version is probably Chopin's mistake – the chord is written there in bass clef, while with a greater number of ledger lines, Chopin would relatively often write one too many or one too less. This assumption is confirmed by the changes introduced at the stage of proofreading FE2 (→EE), almost certainly at Chopin's request.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in the number of ledger lines , Errors of A , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 254-255

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

cresc. - - in A

cresc. - - - in GE

No indication in FE (→EE1)

cresc. in EE2
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The cresc. - - indication was most probably added to A after [FC] had been finished. GE reproduced it inaccurately, suggesting that its range should be longer. EE repeated the indication – in a reduced form – after GE1. Similarly, in bars 258-259.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE