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b. 349

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

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In the main text we omit the cautionary  before d2, present in all sources, yet unjustified in this context.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 349

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

Long accent in A

No mark in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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The accent entered into A is slightly longer than the previous ones (see the note on bars 341-346), hence we interpret it as a long accent. The absence of the mark in the editions probably resulted from an oversight by the engraver of GE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in GE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 350

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

e1 in EE and FE

d1 in GC (→GE)
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In GC the middle note of the last chord is notated inaccurately - even though it looks more like d1 (and it was read accordingly in GE), but it cannot be ruled out that the copyist meant to notate e1 based on the following:  

  • e1 in both EE and FE;
  • notating this note higher than clear d1 in the previous chord;  
  • Gutmann's tendency to write notes too low on the line - such inaccuracy appears in his copy three times more often than an opposite situation when a note below the line (or between the lines) is written too high. On the same page of GC we see examples of notes written too low (g) in bars 342 and 345.

Therefore, in the main text we present e1.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 350

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

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We add a cautionary  before b1 in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 350

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

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In FE, there is no  raising a to a. This patent inaccuracy, quite frequent in Chopin's works, was corrected in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions