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b. 376-377

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

Slur in GE1 (→FE)

Completed slur in GE1 (possible interpretation of A)

Slurs in EE (possible interpretation of A)

Slur in GE2 (possible interpretation of A)

No slurs (possible interpretation of A)
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In A, the quavers in bar 376, the last on this page, are encompassed with a slur, which clearly points to continuation, yet in bar 377 there is no ending of this slur. Chopin did not write any slurs in the L.H. until the end of this Solo, hence it seems that he renounced the slurring in the L.H. in this fragment, considering the slurs in the R.H. to be enough. Due to this reason, in the main text we omit the described fragment of the slur. It may be possible that the absence of continuation of the slurring is only a result of haste, particularly since in analogous bars 32-33 the slurs in A are written in the parts of both hands. Therefore, the slur of GE1, completed after the R.H., and the slurs of EE and GE2 can be considered to be compliant with Chopin's intention.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 376

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

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering
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The two fingering digits in FEH could have been written by Chopin, hence we include them in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEH

b. 376-377

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

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In FE (→GE1→GE2), the only cautionary accidental in these bars is a  before b, the last quaver in bar 377. In EE, GE3 and FEH, a  was added before d1, and we also add a  before c1 in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Annotations in FEH

b. 376

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Dotted minim g in A (→FE→EE) & GE1

Minim g in FC & GE2 (→GE3)
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The dotted g minim is the original version, left in A most probably by inadvertence. It is indicated by corrections in two previous analogous places (b. 274 and 295). Chopin's distraction in this place, as well as in the entire second appearance of this section, is proven by a few evident inaccuracies, e.g. the overlooked ties of g-e1 in b. 375-376 and f-f1 in b. 392-393. The versions of FC and GE1 are probably erroneous: the copyist was copying A with a dotted minim, of which the engraver of GE1 could not have been aware. The omission of the dot in GE2 (→GE3) is probably a revision unifying that bar with the three remaining analogous places. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place , Errors of FC

b. 376-398

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

4 slurs in A (→FC→GE1)

No 3 slurs in FE (→EE)

4 slurs in GE2 (→GE3)
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We give the motivic slurs in b. 376-377 and 397-398 after the unquestionable notation of A (→FC→GE1). The version of FE (→EE), in which three out of four slurs were omitted (both in b. 376-377 and in the R.H. in b. 397-398), was a result of carelessness of the engraver of FE. The version of GE2 (→GE3) is an arbitrary revision, unifying the slurring of all analogous bars after the erroneous version of GE1 in b. 274-275. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions