Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 410-419

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

4 wedges in A

4 dots in GE

3 dots in FE

3 dots in EE

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In A, the staccato marks at the beginning of bars 410-411 and 418-419 (in the part of the R.H.) are clear wedges – cf. the dots in the part of the L.H. The editions reproduced them as dots (as in the entire Concerto); at the same time, EE overlooked the sign in bar 410, whereas FE – in bar 418 (added in EE). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 412-435

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

7 longer, 5 shorter slurs in A

2 longer, 10 shorter slurs in FC

9 longer, 3 shorter slurs in FE

12 shorter slurs in GE

8 longer, 3 shorter slurs in EE

12 longer slurs suggested by the editors

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In A the slurs over the motifs of the bottom voice encompass the quavers only or reach the minim in the next bar. However, the differences are almost certainly of an accidental nature, hence in the main text we unify them, assuming 6-note slurs to be more frequent in A (7 longer, 2 shorter and 3 questionable). Accidental inaccuracies are also present in the remaining sources, except for GE, in which all slurs encompass 5 notes. The majority of the doubts concerning the range of the slurs is due to the ending lines: a slur suggesting continuation is not finished in a new line (b. 418-419 in A and FC, 432-433 in A, 412-413, 420-421 and 428-429 in FE and b. 422-423 in EE). In such situations we give shorter slurs in our transcriptions, just like in b. 426-427 in A and 412-413 in 428-429 in FC, which may be thought to be dubious. EE omitted the slur in b. 420-421. Neither FC nor FE, EE and GE reproduced the notation of the Stichvorlage correctly; however, the total number of inaccuracies in this section is smaller than the first time (b. 310-333).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in FC , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 415-416

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

3 long accents in A & FE

 & > 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