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b. 572

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

No  ​​​​​​​in FE

​​​​​​​ in GE

​​​​​​​ in EE

[​​​​​​​] suggested by the editors
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The  mark, overlooked in FE, was added in the remaining editions, although its absence does not have to be considered a mistake – cf. e.g. the Waltz in C​​​​​​​ Minor, Op. 64 No. 2, bar 15. In the main text, we suggest adding the mark in accordance with the possible phrasing, hence before the last quaver, which already begins the next musical thought.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 572-579

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No slurs under L.H. in A (→FC,FE)

Six-note slurs in GE1 & EE

Five-note slurs in GE2 (→GE3)
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In b. 572-573, 574-575 and 578-579 the separate L.H. slurs are an arbitrary addition of the engravers (revisers) of GE and EE. In such a layout, when the parts of both hands are written on the bottom stave, slurs over notes refer to both parts, so there is no need to double them. The five-note slurs in GE2 (→GE3) stem from the R.H. slurs (over notes), which were changed in the same way.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 573-584

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE

Slurs in GC, contextual interpretation

Literal reading of slurs in GC (→GE)

No slurs in FE
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The FE - without slurs - most probably goes back to the original phrasing of these bars. The EE with a slur in bars 581-584 must be Chopin's annotations of the original. In the main text we use undoubtedly the authentic and most precise slurring of GC. The slurs over the new line break (bars 580-581) in GC, when read literally, suggest continuation. Such was the reading of GE, however, we believe Chopin to have meant a new slur from b. 581, just like in EE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 573

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Indication to return to initial tempo was recreated differently in the sources. In GC there is tempo primo, and editions - different forms of conventional markings used in similar situations. We adopt similar solutions for the main text.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

b. 573-578

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No slurs in EE

Slurs in GC (→GE) & FE
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The EE version - without slurs - most probably recreates the original notation of the LH motifs in bars 573-574 and 577-578. In the main text we present the consistent slurring of GC (→GE) and FE; similarly to bars 606-610.

category imprint: Differences between sources