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Issues : Accidentals in different octaves

b. 476-477

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

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In A, Chopin wrote only two naturals in this place – before the 2nd quaver in bar 476 and before the bottom note of the 1st quaver in bar 477. The missing signs before the 1st octave in the L.H. in bar 476 are the only case in the entire fragment in which the first occurrence of a note in a bar was not marked correctly. It probably indicates that the part of the L.H. was written after the passages in the R.H., hence the first b Chopin encountered while writing was the 2nd quaver, written on the bottom stave. Considering that the  is valid also for the topmost note in the L.H., all necessary naturals were added already in GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A

b. 476

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

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In FE, there is no accidental before the 3rd semiquaver. This patent inaccuracy, repeated most probably after [A], was corrected in GE and EE. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 477

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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The  raising a3 to a3, overlooked in A (→FE), was added in FC (→GE) and EE. The mark was also added in FESf.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE , Annotations in FESf

b. 478-479

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

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Just like in the previous passages, Chopin wrote the necessary accidentals in A only in the first triplet in each bar. All necessary signs, including the cautionary  before f3 in bar 479 were added in GE (→FE→EE). Moreover, GE2 added two more cautionary naturals before f2 and f. In the main text, we omit the latter.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 478

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

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FE is missing accidentals in the 2nd half of the bar. The patent inaccuracy was corrected in GE1 by adding a  raising a2 to a2. EE and GE3 contain also a  raising f2 to f​​​​​​​2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE