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Issues : Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 1

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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The genre marking Valse was written by Chopin in AR, AE, AG. Additionally, it was added in foreign hand:
- in pencil in AR: Valse Oeuvres posthumes op. 70 no 2
- in pencil in AG: Valse en fa min.

The marking Valse is present also in CC and CY, whereas AO, AK and CX are devoid of it.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 5-13

composition: Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

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In bars 5 and 13, in the main text we add a cautionary  to G in the bass and to g1 in the R.H. The latter was also added in both bars in GE (added in crayon in FC) and in bar 5 also in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 7

composition: Op. 28 No. 2, Prelude in A minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before e on the 2nd quaver. The accidental is written in pencil also in FC; however, it is an addition of Hermann Scholtz, a later owner of the manuscript. In GE, which also includes that , one can see that it was added at the time of proofreading the print version, since there was no place for it at the stage of laying out the text. Therefore, it is an editorial revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 7-15

composition: Op. 30 No. 4, Mazurka in C# minor

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In the main text we add cautionary accidentals – naturals to a1 in bars 7 and 15 and to b1 in bar 13. In FC they were already added by the reviser of GE, who also added a  to a2 in bar 9.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 8

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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We add a cautionary flat next to b2. The sign was added by someone else in A and printed in GE.
It is the first out of several signs added in A by GE's engraver or reviser. The additions are of random character – they were introduced only in the 1st, 5th and 6th page of the notation. A part of additions (e.g. the flat in the described bar) are cautionary signs justified with the musical narration, however some of them are either unnecessary (e.g. in bar 104) or grossly erroneous (bars 103 and 106).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Cautionary accidentals