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b. 326-327

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slurs in EE & GC (→GE)

Slur in FE
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category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 326-334

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

No slurs in A (→GE1→FE)

Double slurs in EE

Slur in bar 327 in GE2

Slurs suggested by the editors
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In the main text we add slurs in the L.H. in bars 326-328 and 334 after the respective bars in the exposition. A simplified notation – slurs only in bars 325 and 333, most probably as a model for the next bars – is probably a result of Chopin's increasing haste at the time of writing A. In EE double slurs were added in these bars, same as in bars 325 and 333. In GE2 a slur was added only in bar 327 (and 335). 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 326

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

Slur over quavers in A & GE2

Slur from crotchet in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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Adjusting slurs to bars is a characteristic manner of the engraver of GE1. The version of A was restored in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 326-327

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

Slur in A, literal reading

Slur in A (contextual interpretation→GE→FE→EE)
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When interpreted literally, the slur of A does not exceed bar 326. However, its shape suggests leading it to the beginning of bar 327, which is confirmed by the corrected – most probably by Chopin – slur of GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of GE , Corrected slurs of Op. 21 in GE1

b. 326

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

Short accent to R.H. in A (→GE)

Short accent to L.H. in FE

Vertical accent to L.H. in EE

Long accent to R.H. suggested by the editors
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The type of the accent used by Chopin at the beginning of this bar is unclear. The shape of the sign suggests a short accent, and this is how it was reproduced in GE. However, in all similar bars – bars 4, 10, 26, 28, 328, 334 and 336 – the accent in the R.H. is a long accent. Due to this reason, in the main text we suggest a long accent. The versions of FE and EE are inauthentic: the first is inaccurate, whereas the second – clearly erroneous.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE