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Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 415-416

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

3 long accents in A & FE

2  & > in GE1

3 short accents in EE & GE2
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Three clearly long accents written in A were reproduced in GE1, without any apparent reason, in an explicitly varied manner. However, FE restored the notation of A, which could be seen as Chopin's proofreading. Both in EE and GE2 the Chopinesque long accents were reproduced as common short accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , FE revisions

b. 430

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Slur to e3 in FE

Slur from g1 to c3 in GE

Slur to c3 in EE

Slur suggested by the editors
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In all sources, the slurs are to be deemed inaccurate. According to us, it should encompass all small quavers of the passage and the main note to which it leads. It is compliant with the convention of writing down such ornaments.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 443

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Long accent in FE

Short accent in GE & EE
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In GE and EE, the accent was reproduced as short, a typical inaccuracy for this type of marks.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies

b. 443-444

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Instead of a continuous slur for the bass motif, in EE there are two slurs converging on the dotted e minim. It is an inaccuracy, with no actual implications on the performance, which probably results from the fact that in FE b. 444 opens a new line of the text, and the slur in that bar, although it begins before the note, does not suggest continuation with its shape.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies

b. 445-446

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE

Slurs in GC, literal reading

Contextual interpretation of GC (→GE), and FE
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In GC the slur extends as far as b. 445, which in this context must be considered inaccurate the same as in GE. This too long and imprecise slur may have occured already in [A1] as EE has a slur that results most probably from misinterpreting the composer's intention. In the main text we present slurring of FE and GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC