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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 585

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

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Like in analogous bar 226, the bottom note of the tenth on the 3rd beat of the bar, B, was almost certainly added only just in print, during proofreading.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 588

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In EE1 the bottom note of the L.H. crotchet is an erroneous A1. The mistake was initially also in FE, in which, however, it was corrected during the proofreading, perhaps by Chopin's orders. The mistake was also rectified in EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 594

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

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The traces of proofreading prove that in FE the originally printed 5th quaver was a d1.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 607

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

Fifth in FE, literal reading

Only minim in GE

Appoggiatura & minim in EE

Acciaccatura – our alternative suggestion
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The vague and most probably erroneous notation of FE was probably supposed to look like the one applied two bars later – a d2 minim preceded by an a2 grace note. We adopt this obvious interpretation in the main text; it was applied already in EE. In turn, the version of GE may be the original version, completed by Chopin in the last proofreading of FE. We give a short grace note as an acceptable variant – see bar 609.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors resulting from corrections , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 620

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

8-note slur in FE (probable reading)

No slur in GE

9-note slur in FE (possible reading→EE)
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In FE, it is unclear whether the last note of the bottom voice should be encompassed with the slur or not. In the main text, we lead the slur to the penultimate note in the belief that Chopin used here portato articulation, which he marked with dots under a slur. In EE, the slur encompasses the entire group of 9 notes, which can be considered a variant, since such an interpretation is equally likely. The missing slur in GE and the con forza indication in FE, placed too low, which impeded drawing the slur, suggests that the slur was added in the last phase of proofreading of FE. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE