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Issues : Corrections in A

b. 481

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

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We preserve the cautionary  before a2 in the 2nd chord of the bar, due to a in the previous bar. However, Chopin most probably wrote it to cancel a2, used in the original version of the notation of the 1st chord. In the main text we also add a cautionary  before c. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Cautionary accidentals

b. 486

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

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A (→GE1→FE1) features a d2 as the last quaver. At the same time, one can see that initially the entire last triplet was written a second lower – c1-d1-d2. Chopin corrected the first two quavers and most probably overlooked the third one, being in haste. Such a scenario is confirmed by the proofreading of FE2 (→EE) – almost certainly authentic – in which the note was changed to e2. An identical correction was performed in GE2, too.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 497-498

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur in bar 497 in A (→FC,FE→EE)

Slur to bar 498 in GE
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The slur of A (→FC,FE→EE) must be inaccurate, which is proven by:

  • a comparison with almost all analogous motifs in this section (except for b. 507-508);
  • the traces of prolonging the slurs, visible in A, initially also encompassing only 2 crotchets – cf. b. 495-496, 501-502, 503-504 and 513-514).

There is a similar situation in b. 507-508.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Corrections in A , GE revisions

b. 498-499

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A there are visible crossings-out on the 3rd beat of these bars. In both places it was probably the original version of those crotchets, i.e. the d-g fourth.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 521-522

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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The crossings-out visible in A allow us to reconstruct the previous version of the 2nd and 4th chords: . The textural affinity with the motifs in b. 516-518 allows us to assume that it was the original version.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes