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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Wedges

b. 391

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

Staccato dot in FE (→EE)

Wedge in GE
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It seems to be impossible to decide whether Chopin meant here a staccato dot (like in the next bars) or a wedge (like in the previous ones). The editors would often confuse these marks; it is also difficult to differentiate between them in the Chopinesque autographs. In the main text we give a dot, since FE is the only edition based directly on [A].

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges

b. 431

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

Staccato dot in sources

Wedge suggested by the editors
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This is one of only two places in the entire figurational section of the development (from bar 408) in which a dot was used as a staccato mark at the beginning of the bar, instead of a wedge. According to us, it is almost certainly an inaccuracy of notation. Cf. bar 438.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Wedges

b. 438

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

Staccato dot in FE (→GE1→GE2)

Wedge in EE & GE3
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As in the case of bar 431, the staccato dot is almost certainly an inaccuracy of notation, which was noticed already in EE and GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Wedges

b. 458

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

Wedge in FE (→EE)

Dot in GE
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The staccato dot featured in GE instead of wedge is probably a mistake of the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Wedges

b. 675

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

Wedges in FE (→EE)

L.H. dot in GE1 (→GE2)

Dots in both hands in GE3
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The absence and change of the staccato mark in GE1 (→GE2) is probably a result of carelessness of the engraver. A dot for the R.H. was added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Wedges