mUltimate Chopin

Text Compare Notes Sources Description

Issues : Accidental below/above the note

b. 364

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

..

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. 433

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

..

In A the notation of accidentals in this bar is inaccurate:

  • there is only one  before the 1st chord in the R.H.; moreover, it is written in such a way that one cannot be certain which note it concerns (we assume that it is d3),
  • in each of the triplets, a  is only before the 1st note,
  • no  before the bottom note of the third in the L.H. on the 3rd beat of the bar.

The necessary signs were added already in GE1 (→FE); however, the  before the bottom note of the octave in the L.H. at the beginning of the bar was overlooked. EE and GE2 feature the correct notation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Accidental below/above the note