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b. 410

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

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Traces of corrections in print, visible in FE, suggest that it was initially g​​​​​​​ that was printed as the 1st semiquaver. It could have been a mistake or the original version of the beginning of the passage.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 410

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

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In FE, sharps before the a​​​​​​​ notes are present only in the R.H. part. The inaccuracy was corrected in the remaining editions.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 411-413

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

Slurs in A, literal reading

Slur in A, contextual interpretation

Slurs in GE1

Slurs in FE (→EE)

Slurs in GE2
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A includes separate slurs in bars 411 and 412, probably due to the crossed out fragments in bar 411. The fact that Chopin did not intend to divide the slur in this place is supported by the slurs in all three repetitions of this fragment (bars 419-421, 451-453 and 459-461). The ending of the slur in bar 412 is also inaccurate, since it suggests leading the slur to bar 413, yet it does not go beyond the bar line. A comparison of analogous bars enables us to interpret this detail correctly. The versions of GE1 and FE (→EE) follow from an inaccurate reproduction of the base texts. In GE2, the final fragment separated with a slur, corresponding to the figures in the previous bars, is completely arbitrary.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 411-412

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

No slur in sources

Slur suggested by the editors
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In the main text, we suggest a slur modelled after a similar passage in bars 434-435. We modify the ending of the slur only, so that it includes a natural piano grip – the 1st finger on the b ending bar 411 results in a natural foothold for the bounce of the hand on the next quaver, marked staccato, whereas the quaver in bar 436 requires a separate hand impulse due to the repeated f​​​​​​​. There is a similar situation in bars 415-416.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 411

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

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions