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b. 316

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before d2. The mark was added already in GE; it was also added in pencil in FESf.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 316

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Short accent in sources

Long accent suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest a long accent due to the context, typical of such an accent, i.e. a long, syncopated note. In the absence of preserved manuscripts, we cannot verify whether this detail is compliant with the notation of [A], while in Chopin's pieces we encounter numerous examples of inaccuracies (sometimes quite manifest) in the reproduction of long accents by the editions (cf., e.g. the Prelude in F minor, Op. 28 No. 8, b. 1-2). 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents

b. 316

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur in A

No slur in GE (→FE,EE)
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The absence of the beginning of the slur the ending of which can be seen in a new line in bar 317 must be a mistake by the engraver of GE (→FE,EE). See bar 317.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 316

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

No sign in sources

[], our alternative suggestion
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The  mark in bar 314 is not followed by a  mark in A (→GE) and FE, which may or may not be Chopin's oversight. In the main text we suggest adding a  in bar 315; however, we also deem it possible to release the pedal later, e.g. in the middle of the discussed bar, which we suggest as an alternative solution.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 316-318

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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In A and FE1 the naturals restoring d3, d2 and d1 in the 2nd half of each of these bars are missing. Chopin's patent mistake was corrected – perhaps at his request – in FE2 (→EE). By contrast, GE added a respective  only in bar 318.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE