Issues : FE revisions

b. 165

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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AI and AF are lacking in the  lowering d to d. The patent inaccuracy was corrected in FE (→EE); it is also GE that features the correct text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 166

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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In AI there is no  lowering c1 to c1, moreover, AI and AF lack a  lowering C to C. The inaccuracy of AF was corrected in FE (→EE); it is also GE that features the correct text.
Before e1 on the 3rd beat, all sources except for GE contain a superfluous .

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Cautionary accidentals , FE revisions

b. 167

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

Semiquaver in A

Slashed grace note in GE1

Quaver in FE (→EE)

Grace note in GE2

Rest & semiquaver suggested by the editors

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The semiquaver opening the bassoon motif was given the form of a slashed grace note in GE, which could have been influenced by the notation of A, in which the grace note is unusually small. On the other hand, in A it is written as a semiquaver, in accordance with the rhythm in Morch in the part of bassoon, which is playing this motif. Therefore, it is unlikely that a grace note would be compliant with Chopin's intention. The reason for the change could have been formal rhythmic correctness, since due to the lack of rests before this note, only a grace note fits smoothly between three crotchets of this bar. In turn, it is difficult to say what the motivation of the person (Chopin?) who changed the grace note to a quaver in FE (→#EE) was. In the main text we choose the undoubtedly authentic notation of A, adding the rest overlooked by Chopin for the record.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions

b. 167

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

Slurs from 2nd quaver in A (→GE)

Slurs from 1st quaver in FE (→EE)

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Differently than in analogous bars 161-166 and 168, in GE both slurs begin from the 2nd quaver in the group. It is almost certainly a result of proofreading – probably a Chopin one – since the slurs of A, particularly the second one, are exceptionally inaccurate here. The difference in slurring was not included in FE (→EE), which may be explained by distraction or a unifying revision. It is also possible that the slurs in GE1 were changed in the last phase of proofreading, already after the copies had been sent to Paris.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE , FE revisions

b. 169

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

Slur in GC, literal reading

Arpeggio sign in GC, contextual interpretation

No sign in FE (→EE1)

Tie to grace note in GE & EE2

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The tie visible in GC before the chord means an arpeggio in this context. The version of GE, repeated then in EE2, is a result of a routine revision – the sign was moved to the side of the note head of the dgrace note, which gave it a form of a tie sustaining the grace note (cf. the note on the part of the L.H.). No slur in FE (→EE1) is most probably an oversight.

FE1 includes an erroneous c1 as the grace note, which was corrected in the next impressions.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , FE revisions