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b. 250

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

Small crotchets in FE

Acciaccaturas in GE

Appoggiaturas in EE
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Grace notes in the form of small crotchets are probably a mistake of FE (see e.g. Sonata in B minor, Op. 35, mov. I, bar 208) – Chopin would use this kind of grace notes before longer rhythmic values, minims, semibreves (cf. e.g. Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, mov. I, ​​​​​​​bar 208). The revisers of GE and EE also evaluated it like that; both introduced forms of grace notes may be considered to be potentially compliant with the notation of [A]. In the main text, we adopt slashed quavers, most frequently used by Chopin. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 250-251

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

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE
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The fingering of the octaves (here and in bars 252-255) given by Chopin generally does not deviate from the fingering indicated by Chopin a few years later in the Etude in B minor, op. 25, no. 10, bars 31-37. However, Fontana did not suggest the change of the fingers 5 and 4, which one could expect on the second octave in bar 251. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 250

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

No slur in sources
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In the main text, we suggest adding a slur on the basis of comparison with analogous bar 226.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 250-251

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

Triplet in bar 251 in FE (→EE)

Triplet in bar 250 in GE
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The version of GE, in which the figures in the L.H. in the 2nd halves of bars 250 and 251 are swapped, was initially also in FE, where, however, Chopin changed it in the last stage of proofreading. It was most probably a mistake of the engraver of FE. The correct order of figurations in FE is additionally confirmed by the fingering written in FED in bar 251.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Errors repeated in GE

b. 250-252

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

No slurs in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

4 slurs in GE3
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The slurs added in GE3 – after the authentic slurs of the L.H. – most probably correspond to a performance envisioned by Chopin. However, we do not add them in the main text, since division into particular figures results here from the very shape of motifs, emphasised by beams. Similar slurs were introduced in GE3 also in bars 256-257.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions