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b. 313

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

No indication in A (→GE→FE→EE)

ritenuto in #Rorch

(ritenuto) suggested by the editors
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The ritenuto indication is written only in Morch, in the part of clarinets. It is difficult to say why Chopin did not include it in A – perhaps he simply forgot it or did not feel the need to emphasise the slowdown he had already marked in bars 301-302 as poco a poco rallent., which is most probably still valid here (to bar 316). Due to the reminding nature of this marking, we suggest it in the main text in a variant form.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

b. 313

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

Slurs to 3rd quaver in sources

Half-bar slurs suggested by the editors
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According to us, an inaccurate notation of the slurs in A (→GE→#FEA) is more likely than an intentional change of slurring between this bar and its analogous predecessor (bar 311).

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 313-314

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

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In A there is no  raising d1 to d1 on the 4th quaver in bar 313, whereas the signs in bar 314 were added with pencil. In spite of the obvious accuracy of these additions, their authenticity is not certain, since other additions made with pencil in A were added rather by a foreign hand – cf. bar 256 and 310. All sources include a  raising d1 to d1 in the last quaver in bar 313. We omit this sign in the main text, since after the oversight on the 4th quaver had been corrected, it became superfluous.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A

b. 313

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

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In EE, the motivic slur of c2-b1, present in FE (→GE), was replaced with a tie to c2 from the previous bar, probably by analogy with bars 296-297.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 313

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

f1 repeated in FE (→GE1,EE)

f1 tied in GE2

Our variant suggestion
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The missing tie of f1 is probably an oversight of the engraver of FE or of Chopin, hence we add it like it is in similar bar 315 and 317. It was also added by the reviser of GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions