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b. 373

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

No sign in A

Arpeggio sign in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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In the main text we include the arpeggio added in GE (→FE,EE,IE). It is difficult to assume that Chopin would have omitted it on purpose here, as he marked arpeggios both in a few previous chords in this phrase and before a respective chord in both previous appearances of this theme (bar 7 and 190).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 373

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

No slur in sources

Slur suggested by the editors
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As in bar 190, in the main text we suggest adding a slur after analogous bar 7, which is marked more accurately.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 374

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Octaves in EE

Chords in GC, literal reading

GC in more precise notation 

FE

GE
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The EE version with empty C1-c and c1-c2 octaves may well be either original or just incorrect. In the main text we present the GC notation adjusted to include accents on the inner notes of the chord, which was impossible to add in print. Moreover, this is most probably the [A2] (>FE). In GE two accents are replaced by one.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

b. 374-376

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

Small notes in bars 374-375 in A & GE2

Regular notes in GE1

​Small notes separately, in bar 376 d1-f1 in FE1

c1-f1 in bar 376 in FE2

Regular notes in EE
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The absence of the c1-f1 fourth in bar 376 is probably Chopin's oversight; he then added it while proofreading FE (FE1 added d1-f1, erroneously, which was corrected to c1-f1 in FE2). At the time of performing this proofreading, the composer also introduced a more transparent, two-voice notation of all three chords, in which only the top note belongs to the solo part. EE repeated the text of FE2, without preserving the differences in the size of the notes, though. In almost all subsequent collective editions, the dyads of the accompaniment were erroneously included in the solo part (on the basis of GE1).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 374-375

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

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering

Selected fingering from FEH
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Out of the fingering digits written in FEH, we adopt to the main text the group that stands out due to resemblance to Chopin's handwriting.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEH