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b. 364

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

No sign in FE (→GE,EE)

[] suggested by the editors
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According to us, a  hairpin in the next bar and pairs of   marks in similar, two-bar passages in bars 356-357, 358-359 and 366-367 prove a highly likely oversight of the  mark in this bar. Therefore, in the main text we suggest a ​​​​​​​ mark after analogous bar 356.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 364

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Slur from b2 in FE (→GE,EE)

Slur from g2 suggested by the editors
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category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 364

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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The flat to the 7th semiquaver (d3) is written in A much below the pitch of the note, that is at the pitch of a2. Such inaccuracies, generally without an influence on the text reading, are frequent in Chopin's autographs.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Accidental below/above the note

b. 364-365

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur to G1-G in A, contextual interpretation

Slur to B1-B in GE (→FE,EE)
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The range of the slur is not entirely clear in A, yet the slur goes beyond the bar line and points to the G1-G octave as the end point. In spite of that, in GE (→FE,EE) it encompasses only the last 3 quavers in bar 364. The engraver could have been influenced by the two previous slurs, which clearly encompassed the last quaver within their range. The interpretation suggested by us is supported by a slur correction in a similar motif a bar earlier and by the shape of the initial, three-quaver slur in that motif, radically different from the discussed one.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 364

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

No markings in A (→GE→FE,IE)

Wedges & slurs in EE
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It is difficult to say why EE added performance markings modelled after bars 359-362 only in this bar, and not in the preceding or the next one. In the main text we keep the notation of A and of the remaining editions, in which the markings from the aforementioned bars are to be naturally continued in bars 363-366.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions