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Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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b. 395

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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On the last semiquaver, FE (→GE) unnecessarily repeated a  next to a1. The superfluous accidental was removed already by the reviser of EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 395

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

g2 in FE (→GE,EE)

g2 suggested by the editors
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration

b. 396-399

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Slurs in FE

Slurs in GE & EE
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In FE, the slurs that begin in bar 396 and 398 (and also 400) end on the 5th semiquaver of the following bar, in a place where a new slur also begins. In this context, it is to be considered an inaccuracy. Perhaps the engraver literally conveyed Chopin's bold, imprecise slurs, which are frequently encountered in his autographs. The revisers of GE and EE correctly ended those slurs on the 4th semiquavers of the discussed bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 396-399

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Hairpins in FE

Hairpins in GE

No marks in EE1 (→EE2)

Hairpins in EE3

Hairpins suggested by the editors
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Small differences in range of the  hairpins in FE in bars 396-399 (as well as 400-401) are haphazard in nature and unintentional. Therefore, in the main text, we unify them following the example of the signs in bars 398 and 401, which, according to us, convey a possible meaning of those marks best – they serve as long accents, emphasisng the seventh of the diminished seventh chord (the 1st note of each group of four semiquavers) with regard to its resolution (the 3rd note).
In GE the notation of FE was reproduced with slight inaccuracies, however in EE1 (→EE2), the signs were omitted. It was only just the reviser of EE3 that added them, extending them to the entire semiquaver group in almost all cases. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 399

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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category imprint: Interpretations within context

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