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b. 4-28

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

 in bar 12 in A (→GEFE)

  in bar 12 in EE

Pedalling in bars 4, 12 & 28 suggested by the editors

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The missing pedalling in bars 4 and 28 seems to be an inaccuracy of notation. In the first two bars, Chopin characteristically diversifies the performance – with or without pedal – depending on whether the crotchets creating a spread chord can be held with hand or not. It is possible that he considered the use of the same pedalling two bars further to be obvious (cf. the adjacent note). In the recapitulation (bars 325-336), respective bars appear twice (bars 328 and 336), both times with pedalling. The  sign is also in bar 12, which confirms that performing those bars without pedal was not Chopin's intention. Therefore, in the main text we suggest adding both the  sign in bar 12 and both signs in bars 4 and 28.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 4-28

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

No slurs in A

Slurs in bars 12 & 28 in GE1 (→FE)

3 slurs in EE

3 slurs in GE2

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In bars 4, 12 and 28 there are no slurs in the part of the L.H. in A. These are the same bars in which pedalling signs are missing. While writing the fourth, last bar of the accompaniment based on alternating use of two schemes, Chopin could have already been thinking about the next bar, structured differently. In GE1 (→FE) slurs were added in bars 12 and 28, in both cases repeating a slur used two bars earlier (in particular in bar 12 the erroneous slur from bar 10 was repeated). According to us, it indicates an action of the reviser. In EE and GE2 a slur was added also in bar 4, whereas in GE2 the slur in bar 12 was corrected. We give the last version in the main text, since the absence of slurs in the discussed bars must be an inaccuracy of notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 4-7

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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These bars, making up the second line of A, contain a few distinct examples of Chopin's manner of writing notes on ledger lines. With the visibility of such a note probably in mind the composer shaped the note-head as a short vertical stroke which sometimes was extended enough to look like an additional downward crotchet stem. In the discussed bars it pertains to R.H. c1 in bars 4-6, as well as c1 and a in bar 7. Telling are in particular the notes in bars 5 and 7, where the descending direction of arpeggios makes any sustentions impossible.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Uncertain notes on ledger lines

b. 4

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

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In Atut, there is no  raising the bottom note of the L.H. on the 3rd beat of the bar. This patent inaccuracy was corrected in FE (→GE,EE). There is a similar situation in bar 12.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 4

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Long accent in #Wf (→#Wn)

Short accent in EE

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A precise differentiation between long and short accents, typical of Chopin's notation, and assigning them to the right or left hand is impossible due to the missing autograph and visible inaccuracies of the first editions. In FE, it is possible to observe differences between accents in some cases; it also applies to GE to a lesser extent. In turn, the reviser of EE reproduced almost all accents as short. It is impossible to clearly identify in which places the notation of FE reproduces Chopin's notation faithfully (which can also be imprecise) and in which ones the length of the accent results from a random event or an inaccuracy. We try to reproduce the composer's intention taking into account his habits in this respect, documented by sources in other compositions.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

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