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Issues : Errors of A

b. 310

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

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The natural raising a to a is written in A with pencil. The sign clearly differs from both typical Chopinesque naturals and the signs added in bar 314 (as well as from the  written with pencil in the part of the clarinet I in Morch in this place). Moreover, a denser text in GE1 suggests that in this edition a corresponding sign was added only in the proofreading. Therefore, it may be one of the later, foreign additions – cf. bar 256.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 311

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In A the  restoring e2 is missing, which is a patent mistake – cf. bars 278 and 286. The accidental is present in AsI; it was also added in GE1 and repeated in the remaining editions. In the main text we also add a cautionary  to e1.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 313-314

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

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In A there is no  raising d1 to d1 on the 4th quaver in bar 313, whereas the signs in bar 314 were added with pencil. In spite of the obvious accuracy of these additions, their authenticity is not certain, since other additions made with pencil in A were added rather by a foreign hand – cf. bar 256 and 310. All sources include a  raising d1 to d1 in the last quaver in bar 313. We omit this sign in the main text, since after the oversight on the 4th quaver had been corrected, it became superfluous.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A

b. 319-320

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

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Same as in analogous bars 169-170, in A (→GE) there are no flats restoring a at the beginning of the 2nd half of each bar. The mistake was corrected in FE (→EE), probably at Chopin's request.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors in GE , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 319

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

d2 & d1 in sources

d2 & d1, possible alternative interpretation
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The pitch of the middle note in the penultimate triplet (in both bars) raised doubts of many later editors of Chopin's works. In fact, there are many arguments that make one consider an oversight of the  restoring d2(1) to be likely. However, as the literal interpretation of the text results in a version that perfectly fits into the Chopinesque style, in the main text we leave the source version.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A