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Issues : Errors resulting from corrections

b. 34

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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The deletion in A allows one to see that originally Chopin wrote the sixth e2-c sharp3 as the 3rd quaver of the bar. The change was probably made after the whole bar had been written in - the proof of that is the   raising c2 to c sharp2 in the second half of the bar. 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections

b. 34

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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All the sources have the unnecessary  before c sharp2, the lower note of the 3rd semiquaver. This is probably a remnant of the initial version of the 3rd quaver of that bar.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors resulting from corrections

b. 36

composition: Op. 28 No. 5, Prelude in D major

Quavers in A & GE2 (→GE3)

No quavers in FC (→GE1) & FE (→EE)
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Just like in b. 34-35, Chopin changed the pitch of the 2nd and 4th notes in A from g1-f1 to b1-a1. In this case, however, the crossing-out of both noteheads also includes the stems (pointing downwards) of the separated quaver voice, which resulted in it having been overlooked both in FC (→GE1) and FE (→EE). Assuming a mistake, GE2 (→GE3) separated both notes after the previous bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Deletions in A

b. 38

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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Before the top note on the 7th semiquaver, the  returning f is only in GE4 (→GE5). It means the sound of f in AI and in the aforementioned GE, and f in the remaining sources. However, there is no doubt that the missing  is Chopin's oversight, related to the correction on the 2nd semiquaver.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 39

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

 in Atut

No marking in FE (→GE,EE)
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 at the beginning of the bar was written in Atut in place of the previous . The absence of a marking in FE (→GE,EE) means that the engraver of FE probably did not understand this correction, considering the  mark written in bold font to be a deletion of . In the main text, we preserve the version of Atut, in which Chopin reviewed and corrected the dynamic markings – cf. e.g. bar 20 and 32. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections