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b. 318

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

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The sources feature a cautionary  before c2 and a reminding one before a1 in the 3rd chord. In the main text, we omit both marks, which are, according to us, unnecessary. In turn, we add a cautionary  before e2. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 318

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 318-325

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

a2 & f2 tied in A (→FC→GE) & EE

a2 & f2 repeated in FE
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The omission of the ties of a2 in b. 318-319 and of f2 in b. 324-325 in FE may be a result of misinterpretation of Chopinesque very short ties as endings of motivic slurs over the bottom voice motifs: see b. 310-323. The ties were added in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 318

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

      in A

   in GE (→FE,EE)
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In the main text we reproduce the notation of A, emphasising, as it seems, the syncopated quavers in the top voice. The shifted marks in the editions are gathered around the beginnings of the even triplets, which could not have been Chopin's intention – marks of such range cannot concern the top voice, next to which they were written.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 318

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

No mark in A (→GE)

 in FE (→EE), literal reading

Long accent in FE (→EE), contextual interpretation

Short accent suggested by the editors
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According to the context, the missing second accent in this bar in A (→GE) is Chopin's mistake, which is additionally supported by the presence of a similar mark in FE (→EE). Due to the above, in the main text we add a short accent, complementing the sequence of such marks entered into A.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Errors of A