mUltimate Chopin

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Select: 
Category
All
Graphic ambiguousness
Interpretations within context
Differences between sources
Editorial revisions
Corrections & alterations
Source & stylistic information
Notation
All
Pitch
Rhythm
Slurs
Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
Verbal indications
Pedalling
Fingering
Ornaments
Shorthand & other
Importance
All
Important
Main
Undo Clear

b. 190

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

..

In A there are no naturals raising d to d, B1 to B1 and d2 to d2. The first two were added already in GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2), the third one – only in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 190

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

 in sources

Our alternative suggestion
..

There are no doubts that the  sign written in A marks also an accent, emphasising the beginning of an enhanced variant of the phrase heard two bars earlier. Therefore, we suggest an alternative interpretation of this sign as a long accent. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents

b. 190-192

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

Slur in bars 190-191 in A & GE2

Slur in bar 191 in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Slur in bars. 190-192 suggested by the editors
..

According to us, ending the slur on the last crotchet in bar 191 is an inaccuracy of the notation of A – cf. the longer slur in the L.H. as well as the slur over a similar phrase in bars 188-190. Starting the slur in GE1 (→FE→EE) only from bar 191 is an example of a characteristic manner of the engraver of GE1. See also bars 192-194. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions

b. 190

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

e2 in FE (→EE) & GE3

e2 in GE1 (→GE2)
..

The version of GE1 (→GE2) – certainly erroneous, cf. bars 186, 541 and 545 as well as 182 and 537 – probably came into being as a result of an overzealous action of the reviser who added here cautionary naturals before the g2 grace notes. The mistake was corrected in GE3. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 190

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

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE

Fingering written into FED
..

Fontana's fingering is almost certainly identical with the indication in FED, stemming from a lesson with Chopin. In that copy, apart from the evident digit '2,' written twice in a way typical of FED, first by Chopin, then by Madame Dubois, there is a visible delicate line next to the a1 quaver. The mark could be interpreted as a digit '1,' yet it is uncertain, hence in the main text, we give only the '2' described above.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED