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Issues : Errors of A

b.

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

g3 in A

c4 in FE1

b3 in FE2, GE & EE
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The version of A is most probably a Terzverschreibung, which would often happen to Chopin with a larger number of ledger lines – cf., e.g. the Polonaise in C minor, Op. 26 No. 1, b. 5 or the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, II mov., b. 83. Chopin corrected it twice while proofreading FE – FE1 includes c4, and it is only just FE2 and the remaining editions that include b3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 1

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

in A (→FE)

in FC (→GE) & EE
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The values of the metronome tempo, both 120 in A and 160 in FC, were written with Chopin's hand, it was most probably also the case in the manuscript base text to EE. Therefore, in the main text we give 160, present in two authentic sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A , Metronome tempos

b. 1

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

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In A the  raising e2 to e2 is absent. It is difficult to explain this oversight other than by haste. The mistake was corrected already in GE1 (→FE→EE,→GE2). In analogous bar 325 a correct sign is present in all sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 2-4

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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AI is lacking in the sharps restoring f2 in b. 2 and f1 in b. 4. They must be oversights, very typical of Chopin. There is a similar situation in b. 94 and 96.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A

b. 2

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the sources, there is no  restoring d1 on the 4th beat of the bar. The mistake resulted from the way the piano reduction was prepared – the R.H. top voice corresponds to the Violin II part, in which there is no need for a , since it does not feature a d1.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A