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Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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b. 49

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

 
 
 
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We adopt the version of A (→GE). The version of FE is probably also authentic, which can be indicated by the fingering of FEJ. On the other hand, the version of EE is most probably a result of an error, similarly as the version of the 1st chord bar 50. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 49

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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We add a cautionary flat next to a. The addition was already added in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 50

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

 
 
 
 
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In A (→GE1) and FE there is no natural raising d1 into d1. In this context, it is undoubtedly Chopin's oversight, one of the most common. The natural was added in all 3 pupils' copies. In GE2 a flat was added in front of the upper note, which was corrected in GE3 (→GE4). EE has doubly erroneous version, caused probably by Chopin's manner of writing seconds vertically and not diagonally.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in EE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 51

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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EE is lacking the cautionary flat before d2 at the beginning of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 59

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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A and FE are lacking the e1 natural on the 3rd crotchet. The natural appears in all remaining sources. The error was corrected by Chopin in the pupils' copies. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals