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b. 285

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

in GE

 in FE (→EE)

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Like in b. 52 and 78, to the main text we adopt the notation of GE, based on [A]. Chopin would use both symbols interchangeably to mark a mordent; however, the version of FE may be regarded as a variant.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues:

b. 285-286

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Slur from semiquaver in A & GE2

No slur in FE (→EE1)

Slur from dotted quaver in GE1

2 slurs from dotted quaver in EE2

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In the main text we provide the L.H. slur after the A notation. In GE1 the range of the slur was adjusted to the R.H. slur, and it was in this form that the slur was repeated by EE2, whereas in GE2 the A version was restored. It is difficult to say what the motives of EE2 were when adding another slur of the same range – it could have been, e.g. an unfinished correction in which one of those slurs were supposed to be replaced by the other, yet the stage of removal of the superfluous slur was overlooked. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 285

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

Long accent in A (→GEIE)

Short accent in FE

No mark in EE

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The change of the type of accent in FE is an inaccuracy, frequent in Chopinesque editions. The absence of the mark in EE is most probably due to the engraver's oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE

b. 286-287

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

 

Accents in EE

Our variant suggestion

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The accents were added by Chopin most probably in the base text to EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of EE

b. 286

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

Long accent in A, contextual interpretation

 in A (literal reading→GE)

 in FE (→EE)

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In A the sign is bigger than the majority of long accents, so it having been reproduced in GE as a  hairpin cannot be considered an inaccuracy. According to us, the context, however, definitely supports a long accent, which is in A in the corresponding bar of the exposition by the way (bar 138). The  sign in FE (→EE) is an example of a frequently appearing mistake, consisting in reversing the direction of a sign – cf. e.g. the Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12, bar 53.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , Sign reversal