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b. 185

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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There are no naturlas restoring d1-d2 on the last semiquaver in the R.H. It is a patent inadvertence of Chopin's.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 185-187

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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There are no accidentals to the chords in the middle of bar 185 and 187 in A (→GE), which, when interpreted literally, results in E chords in both places, with g1 and g2, interfering with the E minor chords from the beginning of the bar, held with pedal. The overlooked flats were added – probably at Chopin's request – in bar 187 in FE1 (with a mistake – a  to e1 instead of to g1) and in bar 185 in FE2 (→EE), but not in GE.
In the main text we omit the  to the g2 quaver at the end of bar 187, unnecessary in the corrected version.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE , Last key signature sign

b. 185-186

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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The deletions visible in A in the 2nd half of bar 185 and at the beginning of bar 186 reveal that Chopin initially wrote the L.H. part an octave higher (in the treble clef, as it was 2 bars before). He committed a similar mistake in bar 197 as well.
See also the Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, bars 159-160 or the Scherzo in C minor, Op. 39, bars 345-347.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Errors of A , Deletions in A

b. 188

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

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As in bar 5, in A the  restoring B (the bottom note of the chord in the middle of the bar) is missing. Chopin's patent mistake in this harmonic context was corrected in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 188-189

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

No tie (slur?) in sources

Tie (slur?) suggested by the editors
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The analogous L.H. sequences in bars 187-188 and 188-189 are most probably supposed to be performed identically. Due to this reason, in the main text we suggest adding a slur (or a tie?) to c1, as marked by Chopin in bars 5-6.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Errors of A