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b. 627-629

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

End of  in EE

GC (→GE)

FE
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For the main text we adopt the scope of  hairpins based on GC (→GE). In EE they are a little shorter, which may be treated as a parallel, slightly different version. A clearly earlier ending of the mark in FE seems less accurate, and moreover, according to an out-of-date convention the continuation of crescendo in b. 627, starting a new line, was marked with new  hairpins.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 628

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In FE the last but one quaver in the bar is g2-g3, which is an obvious mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in FE

b. 628

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

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 629-631

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A

Shorter  in FC (→GE)

Longer  in FE (→EE)
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According to us, the differences in the range of the  hairpin are accidental inaccuracies in the reproduction of the notation of A. In the main text we preserve the mark inserted by Chopin's hand, although its starting point cannot be clearly related to the other elements of notation, which was probably the reason for discrepancies in the remaining sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 630-640

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

No slurs in FE

Slurs in GE & EE
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In bar 630, 635, 638 and 640 in FE, there are no little slurs combining the grace notes with the quaver that ends the motif. A comparison with the remaining similar bars of this 24-bar section points to oversights of the engraver of FE or of Chopin himself. In the main text, we add the overlooked little slurs like it was performed in GE and EE. 

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issues: EE revisions , GE revisions