Issues : Wedges

b. 23

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

staccato dot in  A and GE2 (→GE3)

Without any articulation sign in GE1 (→FEEE)

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In A it is not quite clear which of the staccato signs Chopin had in mind: a dot or a wedge. In our view, a dot is much more likely. The sign was omitted from GE1 (→FEEE), and put back in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Wedges

b. 24

composition: Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

Wedge in A (→FEEE)

Wedge & dot in GE1

Two dots in GE2 (→GE3GE4GE5)

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In the main text we give the wedge written over the 1st quaver in A (→FEGE1,EE). From GE2 on, the sign was changed into a dot. In all GE,s a dot over the chord on the 2nd quaver was also added.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges

b. 24-25

composition: Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

No marks in AI & FE (→GE,EE)

Wedges in A

Our variant suggestion

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According to us, it is highly unlikely that the wedges over d1, which are present only in A, were deleted in FE (→GE,EE) on purpose. Therefore, in the main text we suggest a possibility of considering them.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Wedges

b. 24

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

Staccato mark in A & GE2

No mark in GE1 (→FEEE)

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The missing staccato sign is certainly a result of inaccuracy of the engraver of GE1. In the sign written in A one could also see a wedge; however, we assume – as it was done in GE2 – that Chopin meant the same sign in both hands (the dot in the R.H. is beyond any doubt). 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Wedges

b. 25-28

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

Wedges & dots in Ap

Dots in FEcor

Dot in FE (→GE,EE

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In the main text we give three staccato dots, at the beginning of bars 25-27, written by Chopin in FEcor. In finished FE (→GE,EE) only the dot in bar 26 was printed. Ap displays a richer set of staccato markings.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Wedges