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b. 404-406

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

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The traces visible in FE prove that each f quaver was provided with an additional crotchet stem in these bars, eventually removed in the proofreading. According to us, it was not the original version, since Chopin would not introduce holds that could not be performed even by a biggest possible hand. The engraver most probably misinterpreted the dashes that Chopin, being in haste, wrote automatically along with noteheads on ledger lines. That impulse was motivated by enhancing the visibility of a notehead slashed with a ledger line; this manner led to misunderstandings on a number of occasions – cf. e.g. the Mazurka in B Minor, Op. 24 No. 4, bar 23 or the Etude in F Major, Op. 10 No. 8, bars 4-7. The misunderstanding in the discussed bars could have influenced the engraver's decision to ignore possible staccato markings under those notes – he could have considered the simultaneous prolongation and shortening of those notes to be irrational; hence, bearing in mind the seven-time prolongation of f​​​​​​​ in bars 393-401, he opted for stems.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Uncertain notes on ledger lines

b. 404

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

Slur in FE (→GE1→GE2)

Slur in EE & GE3
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The slur of FE (→GE1→GE2) is clearly inaccurate (cf. adjacent figures), which was corrected in EE and GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 404

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

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In the main text, we add a cautionary ​​​​​​​ before a3.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 405

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

No c2 in chord in A (→GE)

c3 in chord in FE (→EE)
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There is no doubt that it was Chopin that was the author of the correction introduced in the proofreading of FE (→EE). Chopin ended the Etude in F major, op. 10 no. 8 with an identical chord, also completed in the proofreading of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 405

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

No marking in A (→GE)

in FE (→EE)
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The  marking is the third element of the ending of this Tutti added by Chopin in the proofreading of FE (→EE); moreover, the composer completed here the last two chords in the R.H. Interestingly, Morch features  in this place, which Chopin gave in the piano part only in bar 485 and probably in bar 511.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE