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Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 63

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

No pedalling in FE (→GE,EE)

Pedalling suggested by the editors
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category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE

b. 70

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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In FE, the semiquaver beam of the bottom voice was led until c2. The mistake was corrected in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Rhythmic errors

b. 82

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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In FE (→GE,EE), there is no  restoring f2. Such missing cancellations of previous alterations belong to Chopin's most frequent mistakes. There is a similar situation in bar 234.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 90

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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FE feature an erroneous 'leggiere' instead of 'leggiero.' There is a similar situation in bar 242. It is probably because of this reason that the reviser of GE incorrectly unified those indications in the entire Rondo as 'leggiere.' EE rightly corrected the last letter.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 93

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

c1 in FE (→EE), contextual interpretation

No c1, editors' suggestion
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A comparison with analogous bars 95, 245 and 247 suggests that c1 in the chord at the beginning of bar 93 resulted from a misunderstanding in the interpretation of [A]. (NB. in FE and EE the note, when interpreted literally, would be a c1, which, due to harmonic reasons, is out of the question.) The version of GE is most probably an attempt at eliminating the falsely sounding note at the expense of a questionable interpretation of the curved line that encompasses the sequence of bass in bars 92-93 in FE as a tie of c1 – see the previous note). Taking into account the above, we omit this note in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE