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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
GE
Main text
½A - Semi-autograph
A - Autograph of the piano part
Morch - Manuscript of the orchestra part
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Retouched impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
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  b. 62-63

3 slurs in A

Slurs to f2 & e3 after A

Idem, R.H. only

4 slurs in GE (→FE→EE)

Slurs to e2 & e3 after GE (→FE→EE)

Idem, R.H. only in FES

3 slurs suggested by the editors

Slurs to f2 & f3 suggested by the editors

Idem, R.H. only

One of the slurs beginning in A on the 4th beat of the bar is probably inaccurate; in spite of the fact that in this section of the recitative not all slurs of the R.H. are repeated in the L.H., it does not seem that Chopin would like to have different slurs in each hand in the same fragment. Taking into account the fact that in a similar situation two bars later Chopin led both slurs to the culminant note at the beginning of the bar, in the main text we suggest extending the slur of the R.H. In the editions the slur of the L.H. was shortened and, moreover, on the 2nd beat of the bar only the demisemiquaver group was embraced with a slur and a similar slur was added in the L.H. 

If in bar 53 the version with harmonic accompaniment was chosen, one of the versions with a slur only in the R.H. is to be selected here.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE, GE revisions

notation: Slurs

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