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Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 326

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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In FE (→EE), there are no naturals raising the A1-A octave to A1-A in the L.H. and the 3rd a​​​​​​​ semiquaver to a in the R.H. The mistake, patent in this context (cf. analogous bar 328), was corrected in GE and EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Last key signature sign , Errors repeated in EE

b. 341

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

e3 in FE (→GE1,EE1)

d3 in GE2 i EE2 (→EE3)
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e​​​​​​​3 as the 5th semiquaver in FE (→GE1,EE1) is almost certainly a mistake – disturbing a regular progression is both harmonically and melodically unjustified. The engraver's mistake could have been provoked by resemblance of the 2nd half of that bar to the 1st half of the next one – such a hypothesis is confirmed by visible traces of removal of the  from before a3, the 7th semiquaver in bar 341, in FE. The revisers of GE2 and EE2 (→EE3) corrected that note.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 341

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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A ​​​​​​​ is missing before the 3rd semiquaver in FE (→EE1). It was added in GE and EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors repeated in EE

b. 352

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Semiquavers d2-b​​​​​​​1 in FE

Semiquavers f2-d2 in GE & EE
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In the 2nd half of the bar in FE, the semiquaver beam combines the 2nd and 3rd notes instead of the 1st and 2nd ones. The in this context patent mistake was corrected already in GE and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 360

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

New slur in FE (literal reading→EE)

2 slurs in FE, contextual interpretation

Continued slur in GE
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In FE, the slur begins on the first note, despite the fact that in the previous bar, ending the previous page, there is a slur started on the last quaver. Since the correctness of that slur does not raise doubts – after 7 quavers marked staccato, the last one was provided with a slur and not a dot – we assume that it is the beginning of the bar under discussion that is inaccurate. Taking into account that overlapping slurs occur quite frequently in the Rondo, e.g. in a similar situation in bars 219-220, we adopt such a solution as the text of FE. The amendment in GE may be regarded as an alternative version. The version in EE, which considered the slur in bar 359 to be erroneous and omitted it, is almost certainly arbitrary. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions