Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

b. 48

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Lack of natural next to d1 is an obvious Chopin's error. The version with a (without the flat raising to a) is musically possible, yet Chopin's annotation in FES indicates rather a double error of the composer in A and FE

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 48

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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A, FE and EE are lacking the natural raising a2 into a2. The sign was added by Chopin in FEJ, it was also included in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Accidentals in different octaves

b. 49-50

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

 
 
 
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The fingering written in FES is universal: it can be used while performing each of the bar's versions. On the other hand, the fingering of FEJ may be applied only in the version of FE (we consider the version of EE as erroneous). The fingering also demonstrates that Chopin accepted the version of FE, which is a strong argument for its authenticity.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies

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. 53

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

 
 
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We give Chopin's fingering written into FES.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies