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b. 283

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No slurs in GE

Slurs in FE (→EE)
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It is uncertain whether the two triplet slurs, added probably at the stage of proofreading of FE (→EE), were supposed to have any other meaning according to the person who was entering them (perhaps Chopin), e.g. motivic or concerning articulation. We do not include them in the main text and thus keep the notation of the corresponding bars (b. 50 and 283) in the first and final sections of the Polonaise coherent, as intended by the composer. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions

b. 283

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

 on b2 in AsI & FE1 (→FE2)

No ornament in A (→GE→FESB,EE1→EE2)

 on a2 in EE3
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In the main text we include the  added by Chopin in FE, hence in the last formation stage of the text of the Variations. Its presence also in the earliest of the preserved sources, AsI, suggests that Chopin hesitated; however, it is likely that the composer simply overlooked the mark in A. Probably on the basis of a comparison with FE2, the ornament was also added in EE3; however, it was placed inaccurately, as a result of which it seems to concern the 2nd semiquaver on the 2nd beat, a2, which is a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , Chopin's hesitations , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 283

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur from g2 in A

Slur from f2 in GE (→FE,EE)
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The slight change of range of the slur in GE (→FE,EE) could be considered an inaccuracy. According to us, a routine revision is, however, more likely, adjusting the range of the slur to beams or regular rhythmic structures, e.g. bars. In this case, the slur starts from the beginning of the bar, hence earlier than in A; by contrast, in bars 284-285 – also from the beginning of the bar, but later than in A. In the main text we give the slur of A, starting from the semiquaver, as in the analogous phrases in bars 275, 279 and 287.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 283

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No indication in sources

[Tutti] suggested by the editors
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category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 283

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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In A one can see a deletion before the 1st L.H. crotchet, yet it allows us to decipher the removed element, that is a C1-E tenth. Therefore, this is a self-correction of a frequent mistake in Chopin's autographs consisting in adding too many ledger lines (cf., e.g. the Polonaise in C minor, Op. 26 No. 1, bar 5 or the Nocturne in D, Op. 27 No. 2, bar 44). 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Deletions in A