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Issues : GE revisions

b. 641-644

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

Crotchets in FE (→EE)

Quavers & rests ni GE3
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Like in previous bars, GE3 arbitrarily changed the rhythmic notation of the 1st beat of bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 644

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In EE and FE we leave out redundant sharps before e and e1 in the last chord of the bar. The sharps are present in GC (→GE1) but the lower  is erroneously notated on g. In GE2 the accidntal was removed.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Errors of GC

b. 644

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

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In this bar, FE (→EE,GE1→GE2) contains a few poorly justified cautionary accidentals – naturals before c3 and a1 (the 3rd quaver) and a  repeated before d​​​​​​​2 on the 4th quaver.​​​​​​​ GE3 removed the last two accidentals.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 644

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A

in FC, FE (→EE) & GE1

No sign in GE2

in GE3

 suggested by the editors
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In A nad FC, this bar is a replica of b. 193, and likewise there we regard the shorter  sign as possibly inaccurate. For that reason, in the main text we give a longer hairpin, modelled on b. 185.
The absence of the sign in GE2 can be explained by an oversight or a revision, aiming to make this bar uniform with the analogous b. 636. GE3 restored the .

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 648

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

L.H.  ​​​​​​​in FE (→GE1→GE2)

​​​​​​​for both hands in EE

L.H. short accent in GE3

Long accent for both hands suggested by the editors
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According to us, the placement of the  mark, which we interpret as a long accent, is probably inaccurate in FE – admittedly, Chopin would often use a ​​​​​​​ combination, yet both indications would be then written next to each other and on the same level. In this case, the accent was supposedly to concern both parts and not the L.H. only, which is suggested by the notation of FE (→GE). A short accent in GE3 is a result of interpretation of the discussed mark, performed in the light of bar 646.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Placement of markings , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies