Issues : Dotted or even rhythm

b. 46

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

Quavers in GC (→GE)

Dotted rhythm in FE & EE

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Based on the fact of writing the part of the L.H. under the semiquavers of the R.H., the equal quavers in GC (→GE) are a result of a mistake of the copyist who forgot to add the dot extending b and semiquaver beam.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC , Dotted or even rhythm

b. 55

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

Quavers in FC (→GE)

Quaver & semiquaver in FE (→EE) & GE2

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In the main text we give the FC (→GE) version. Although in analogous bars 49, 51 and 53 the second note is a semiquaver, the g2 quaver does not seem to be a mistake – together with the e2 note (prolonged due to the fact that it was played before), it is the quaver that constitutes an augmented version of the dotted rhythm opening the motif (). This rhythmic extension also impacts the next bar, which opens with a minim, and not with a crotchet. The semiquaver in FE (→EE) could have resulted from the engraver having misunderstood [A]; the engraver, influenced by the notation of bars 49, 51 and 53, considered the missing semiquaver beam to be a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Dotted or even rhythm

b. 61

composition: Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

Quavers in A

Dotted rythm in FE (→GE,EE)

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The change of the rhythm introduced in the proofreading of FE1 includes all features of a Chopin improvement.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Dotted or even rhythm

b. 61-62

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt III

Dotted rhythm in GC (→GE)

Quavers in FE (→EE)

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Same as in bars 7-8, it is not certain, which of the versions of the rhythm is authentic, and if both, which one is later. In the main text we give an analogous rhythm to bars 65-66.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Dotted or even rhythm

b. 61

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

Semiquavers in FE (→EE,GE1GE2)

Dotted rhythm in GE3

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We may doubt whether the rhythmic variant occurring in FE (→EE,GE1GE2), almost unnoticeable in relation to analogous bars 60, 288 and 289, was intended by Chopin. Similar types of imprecise notation took place in Chopin’s works, cf., e.g. bar 377. Therefore, we cannot rule out that it is the unified, concurrent with the remaining bars version in GE3 that corresponds to the composer's intent.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Dotted or even rhythm