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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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Issues : Omission of current key accidentals

b. 44

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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In FE, there is no accidental before the topmost note of the 2nd chord. This patent mistake – see the chord in the L.H. on the 4th quaver – was corrected both in GE and EE. A sharp was added also in FES.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Annotations in FES , Last key signature sign

b. 49

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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In FE (→GE1→GE2), there is no accidental before the 4th demisemiquaver before last. The missing  must be a mistake in this context, probably repeated after [A], since such inaccuracies in the notation of accidentals are typical of Chopin. The sharp was added in EE and in GE3; in the latter, another defect of Chopin's notation was removed – the unnecessarily repeated  before a2 in the 3rd group of semiquavers. The sharp in the discussed place could have been added in FEH – see the adjacent note. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 72

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

No  in sources

 suggested by the editors
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The absence of the  raising the top note of the mordent from a2 to a2 in the sources is almost certainly an inaccuracy in this context. Such imprecise notation of ornaments – grace notes, mordents, trills or turns – is a quite frequent phenomenon in Chopin's pieces, cf. e.g. the Nocturne in C minor, op. 27, no. 1, bar 75 or the Sonata in B minor, op. 35, the 2nd mov., bar 54.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

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

b. 79

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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In FE, there are no accidentals before the 2nd octave, which is a patent oversight, corrected both in GE and EE. A sharp before a2 was added also in FES.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Omission of current key accidentals , Annotations in FES , Last key signature sign

b. 88-90

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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In FE, there is no  raising a2 to a2 on the 4th beat of bars 88 and 90. The marks were added both in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , Omission of current key accidentals , Last key signature sign