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b. 27

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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In the main text we omit the Chopinesque  to g2, present in all sources, totally unjustified in this place. The same in bar 35.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 28

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

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A (→FE→EE1) lacks  rising c1 to c1. The obvious Chopin's imprecision was corrected in GE and EE2, as well as in FES which displays  written in probably by Chopin himself.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Annotations in FES , Last key signature sign

b. 28

composition: Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major

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In front of the first R.H. quaver (a2), A and the remaining sources have a  (cautionary?) which we omit in the main text as groundless.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 28-29

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

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In the main text we include the cautionary  to f3 in bar 28 (L.H.), added in GE (→FE,EE,IE). We also add a respective accidental to the R.H. (5th quaver). By contrast, we omit the poorly justified cautionary flats to a2 at the end of bar 28 (L.H.) and on the 3rd quaver in bar 29 (R.H.) present in the sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 29

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

C-c in A (→FE→EE,GE1→GE2→GE3→GE4)

C-c in FES & GE5
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In A and the editions – except for one – there are no naturals before the 1st octave in this bar (nor a cautionary  before c2 in the middle of the bar). The harmonic context clearly indicates Chopin's oversight, which is confirmed by his entry in FES. The mistake was overlooked by the revisers until GE5.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Last key signature sign