FE3 - Third impression of FE


Publisher: E. Troupenas et Cie
Date: (VI⇒) 1840
Plate number: T. 891
Title: Sonate || Scherzo
Dedication: None

A subsequent impression of FE, undoubtedly corrected by Chopin. The corrections include:

  • change of e to e in bar 37 and 225;
  • completion of slurs, e.g., in bars 78-80, 145-146, 222-224;
  • change of g to b in bar 108;
  • triple change of a to g in bars 118-120;
  • addition of a cautionary  before c1 in bar 142.

Moreover, a few previously unnoticed mistakes were corrected, e.g., in bar 40 and 240, as well as a number of overlooked accidentals, not always entirely obvious, e.g., in bars 40-41, 5457 and analog.

However, some of the changes introduced in FE3 raise doubts, as far as their authenticity is concerned, e.g., removal of the  raising a1 to a1 in bar 95. One can assume here a kind of misunderstanding at the time of implementing the proofreading or its incomplete implementation.

The visible in the presented copy entries performed in pencil are of no source value.

Original in: The Fryderyk Chopin Institute Library, Warsaw
Shelf-mark: 2061/n