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Issues : Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 55

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

 written in by mistake or by a foreign hand in A (→GE1)

 in FE (→EE), GE2 and GET
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A (→GE1) has a cautionary  before the upper note of the last sixth of the triplet, instructing us to read that note as c3. This is obviously a mistake, corrected in the proofing of FE (→EE), GE2 and GET.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Authentic corrections of FE , Annotations in GET

b. 57

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

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The notation of the last chord in the R.H. in A is surprising – over three g1-e2-g2 notes there is also a fourth one, more or less at the pitch of c3 or d3, but devoid of ledger lines, so it is unknown what note it should represent. At the same time, it is not one of the blots copied from the adjacent page, of which there are several in the next bars. According to us, it is a mistakenly boldened random ink spill or a staccato dot. The latter seems to be supported by the presence of such a dot in GE1; however, the dot in GE1 may be explained by another kind of mistake – see the adjacent note. 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Errors of A

b. 82

composition: Op. 30 No. 4, Mazurka in C# minor

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We add a cautionary  before b1 in the main text. The accidental written by the revisor into FC was also added in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 94

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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We add a cautionary natural next to f2, which was also added in A and placed in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Cautionary accidentals

b. 100

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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We add a cautionary natural next to g1. The sign was added in A by someone else, it was also included in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Cautionary accidentals