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Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 35

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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In the sequence led in parallel sixths, the accidentals on the 2nd and 3rd beats of the bar (until the b2-g3 crotchet) are written in the sources as if it constituted a separate bar and as if the L.H. were significantly or totally written on a separate (bottom) stave:

  • in FE, accidentals are present before each note of the R.H., including the first g1, as well as before seven notes in the L.H. – from b to g1 and b1;
  • GE repeated all accidentals present in FE except for the  before the first b in the L.H.; moreover, accidentals were added before the 2nd part of the undecuplet in the L.H., from c2 to a2;
  • EE provided each note in both hands with accidentals.

We base the main text on the notation of FE, removing three least justified, according to us, cautionary accidentals – the ​​​​​​​ before g1 in the R.H. and the naturals before b and b1​​ in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 36

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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FE (→GE,EE) includes cautionary flats before c2 and c3 in the L.H. GE also added a  before d2. We omit those accidentals in the main text, since respective alterations at the same pitch were already indicated in the R.H., while performing a scale in the same key by both hands is obvious.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 39

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

e1-g1 in FE (→EE)

c1-e1​​​​​​​ in GE1
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The version of GE1 is almost certainly a Terzverschreibung, since nothing points to a possibility of a Chopinesque proofreading of that edition. It was already GE2 that considered it a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions

b. 40

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Slur to f2 in FE (→EE)

Slur to f3 in GE
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In FE (→EE), leading the slur until the f2 semiquaver, from which, at the same time, a new slur begins, is probably an inaccuracy – Chopin did not encompass the entire phrase with one slur, as he did two bars later, hence it is difficult to asume that he would have wanted to obliterate a natural division of the phrase, marked by a temporary interruption of the semiquaver movement. Therefore, in the main text we include the shortening of the slur introduced in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 44-49

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Different slurs in FE

Different slurs in GE

Different slurs in EE

Slurs from 1st note (contextual interpretation)

Slurs from 2nd note, "statistical" interpretation
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In bars 44, 46 and 48-49, each of the semiquaver groups separated with beams (or ended with a quaver) is provided in the sources with a slur that begins either from the second or the first note, which is significantly less frequent. The differences are definitely of a random nature; we consider the slurs running from the 1st note to be corresponding to Chopin's intention, since they are more natural in terms of both musical and pianistic issues.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies