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Issues : Omission of current key accidentals

b. 360

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

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The notation of accidentals in FE is inaccurate – naturals are missing before the first d1 and before d3 and g2 in the last triplet, whereas the superfluous ​​​​​​​ was placed before b1 in the 2nd half of the bar. In the remaining editions, all necessary accidentals were added, while EE also removed the superfluous ones.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 361-363

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

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In FE, only some of the g notes (in various octaves) are provided with necessary naturals – G and g2 in bar 361 and G-g in bar 363 (Chopin would often repeat accidentals before tied notes, which we do not apply in our transcriptions – see General Editorial Principles). All necessary accidentals were already added both in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 363-364

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

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Four necessary flats lowering g to g (in different octaves) are missing in A: Chopin wrote signs only at the beginning of the bars, in the L.H. in bar 363 and in the R.H. in bar 364. In GE1 (→FE1→EE1→EE2) a  was added before the bass G in bar 365, but it is only GE2 and EE3 that include the fully correct notation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 366-367

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

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In FE, these bars are written very inaccurately in terms of the accidentals in the passage in the R.H. – they are missing before the 6th, 11th and 12th semiquavers in bar 366, while in bar 367, they are present only before the 1st and 2nd notes. In GE and EE, all necessary accidentals were added; however, those in the 2nd triplet in bar 367 were added only in EE and GE3.   

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 375

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

d3 in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2), literal reading

d3 in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2), contextual interpretation, & in GE3
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The missing  must be Chopin's oversight – in two previous bars, d notes are featured on several occasions as elements of chords and belong to the F​​​​​​​ minor key, consolidated in the discussed bar. Oversights of accidentals are very frequent in Chopin's oeuvre in such a context. The version with d3 is also supported by analogy with bar 379. Chopin added a  in FED; however, it was only just in GE3 that it was added in print.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Last key signature sign