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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt III

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Issues : Accidentals in different octaves

b. 262

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

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FE is missing a natural before the penultimate note in the bar; however, the accidental is present before the previous semiquaver, d3. Therefore, it can be likely that the engraver put an accidental before the wrong note, although Chopin would also occasionally write accidentals in such an illogical manner. In GE, the  was moved to before c3, whereas EE added the necessary ​​​​​​​ without removing the one from before d3. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 262

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

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FE is lacking in a  lowering d​​​​​​​4 to d4. The inaccuracy, most probably repeated after [A], was corrected in the remaining editions.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 263

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

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FE is missing a  lowering g​​​​​​​1 to g1. The context of the preceding G major scale points to Chopin's oversight, one of a few in this and the next few bars. The accidental was added both in GE and EE. The fact that Chopin heard g1 in the last triplet is supported by bar 265, in which the same motif is used, written in all sources with a  before the respective note.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 357

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

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FE (→GE1→GE2) is missing the  before the 4th semiquaver, which we do not consider to be a mistake, since the 1st triplet is written an octave lower with an octave sign, and one can consider the  put before b​​​​​​​3 at the beginning of the bar to be valid. The accidental was added in EE as well as in GE3, in which a notation without octave sign was used.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions

b. 358-359

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

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In FE, the passage was probably reproduced strictly after [A] – it is missing naturals before the 4th, 9th, 11th and 12th semiquavers in bar 358, whereas in bar 359 accidentals are present only before the first two semiquavers. In the remaining editions, naturals were added – GE added all of them, while EE the majority of them (without the 4th and 9th notes in bar 358).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors repeated in EE