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b. 329

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

Triad in A

Sixth in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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The missing c3 note in GE (→FE,EE,IE) is most probably an oversight by the GE engraver. In Chopin's autographs, establishing the presence of a middle note of a chord on a ledger line can be problematic; in this case, however, the c3 notehead is very clear, even bigger than e3 (however, the presence of e3 is proven by the very fact of writing a ledger line at this pitch).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Uncertain notes on ledger lines

b. 329-331

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

to b. 331 in A

 in b. 329-330 in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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In A the arms of the  hairpin differ by a half of a bar. We assume that it is the bottom, longer arm that is reliable, reaching the topmost note of the three-bar quaver sequence. In GE (→FE,EE,IE) the mark was led only to the end of bar 330, in accordance with the range of the top arm; moreover, the beginning of the mark was shifted by almost an entire bar, making it look like the hairpin that was printed in an analogous phrase 4 bars earlier.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions

b. 330

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Rhythm in EE and an interpretation of GC's script

Rhythm in FE & GE
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The initial rhythm in RH () is confirmed in EE and also in GC (despite an obvious error - ). Traces of printing edits in FE allow us to see that the rhythm intitially was notated in this edition too but it was changed by Chopin to . We see this variant also in GE, revised most probably based on the rhythm in the earlier phrase, in bars 322 and 326

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors of GC

b. 330-331

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

b-d1 repeated in A (→GE)

b-d1 tied in FE (→EE)
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The tie of the b-d1 third is probably a Chopinesque correction, introduced in the proofreading of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 330

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

f in A (→GE) & EE 

d in FE
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The version of FE is almost certainly erroneous (in that edition a number of Terzverschreibung mistakes was committed). The error was corrected in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error