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Issues : FE revisions

b. 202

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

B in GC (→GE) & FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4)

G in FE1
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The version of FE1 is most probably a mistake, corrected already in FE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , FE revisions

b. 202

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

Grace note in A (possible reading)

Crotchet in A (probable reading→GE)

Dotted minim in FE

Semibreve in EE
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In A it is unclear what the rhythmic value of the c2 note is – it can be considered a crotchet or a slashed grace note. We regard the first possibility as the more likely one, since the corresponding note in the oboe and clarinet parts in Morch has the same value. If we were to consider c2 a grace note, it would be difficult to explain why the remaining notes in the R.H. are written as the bottom voice (with stems pointing downwards); moreover, the slash of a grace note is usually led from bottom to top and from top to bottom.
The dotted minim in FE is most probably a result of a revision – the change was performed in the moment when the note was preceded by the erroneous flat, which Chopin would have certainly noticed. In turn, one can imagine a reviser checking the rhythmic correctness of the notation, who would not be considering the sound of the chord.
Another extension of this note in EE is certainly an editorial revision.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 203

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

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FE1 has a  before the topmost note of the chord. This striking mistake was corrected in FE2. According to us, the error could have been caused by both staves being graphically similar in this place – the crotchet in the top voice on the 3rd space and a minim (-s) in the bottom one (the change of the rhythmic value of the topmost note must have been introduced later). In such a situation the flat would be a repetition of the sign written – unnecessarily – before e on the bottom stave.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions

b. 205

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

b1 in chord in GC (→GE) & FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4)

Octave without b1 in FE1
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No b1 in the chord is most probably a result of an oversight of the note by the engraver of FE1. The mistake was corrected already in FE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions

b. 207-208

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Slur to 6th crotchet in A

Slur to bar 208 in FE (→GE,EE)
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Leading the slur as far as to the next bar is a clear misrepresentation of the notation of A by the engraver of FE (→GE,EE), perhaps influenced by the R.H. slur, which does reach the g1-d2 fifth. In the main text we keep the notation of A, in which the slur is written down with a flourish, yet it does not suggest going beyond the bar line.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Embracing slurs , FE revisions