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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 338

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

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In FE (→GE), there are sharps (reminding?) before d2 and f2 on the 5th semiquaver of the bar. We remove them in the main text, since both notes (f2 and d3) are present in the previous bar. The marks were removed also in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 355

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

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In the main text, we omit the sharps before the D-d octave, which are poorly justified in this context. The marks were removed already in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 436

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

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The traces of changes visible in FE prove that Chopin changed the enharmonic notation of the chord – c1 (with a cautionary ) replaced the original b​​​​​​​1. The change was most probably followed by subsequent ones – the cautionary naturals before the c1 semiquaver in bar 436 and c2 in bar 437 were removed. All those accidentals are actually superfluous after bars 434-435; however, they prove that the B major key, present from bar 324, triggered the composer to clearly mark the return to the E minor key, beginning in the discussed bars. 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Enharmonic corrections , Last key signature sign

b. 532

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

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In EE, omission of the cautionary  before f​​​​​​​2 may have been intentional – even necessary accidentals hardly fit into the densely packed notes.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 568-572

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

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In the main text, we omit the unjustified sharps before f2 and f in bar 568, the F1-F octave in bar 570, F in bar 571 and f​​​​​​​ in bar 572. The accidentals were omitted also in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign