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b. 312

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

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In A the 3rd group of semiquavers is written in an abbreviated manner as a repetition of the second one.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 312-313

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

Slur c2-b1 in FE (→GE)

Tie to c2 in EE
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Due to the strict analogy between these bars and bars 296-297 (encompassing the entire, several-bar-long fragment), the version of EE, preserving this strict analogy, may correspond to Chopin's intention. In this bar, the slur in bar 313 could have been placed on the wrong side of the c2 crotchet, which would happen in the Chopinesque first editions, cf. e.g. the Concerto in F minor, op. 21, the 3rd mov., bars 172-173. However, in the main text we leave the version of FE (→GE), since both places differ in the orchestral part: in bars 296-297, the tied c2 crotchet is doubled in flute I, whereas in bars 312-313 – it is not. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Sign reversal

b. 312-313

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

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering
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Substantially, the fingering written in FEH in bar 312 repeats the indications from bar 296. In turn, at the beginning of bar 313, there is another digit – '4,' whereas bar 297 indicates a '5.' In the main text, we include the 1st finger on a, marked again in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Differences in fingering , Annotations in FEH

b. 312-313

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

b repeated in FE (→EE)

b tied in GE3

Tied b suggested by the editors
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The missing tie of the b2 crotchet is almost certainly an oversight – the tie is in analogous bars 84-85 and in violins I in FEorch. Chopin's or the engraver's distraction is additionally proven by missing slurs in bars 309-314.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 312-314

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

No dashes in FE (→EE)

Dashes in GE

Possible interpretation of FE

Different interpretation
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Prolonging the range of crescendo to , like it was performed in GE, or even further, is justified – an accidental omission of such dashes is often to be found in first editions; it could have also happened to Chopin, e.g. at a transition to a new line. Moreover, it cannot be ruled out that ​​​​​​​ in bar 313 is written inaccurately. In the main text, however, we preserve the version of the principal source, i.e. FE (→EE), since in spite of suggestions of nuances, perhaps not intended by Chopin, that version correctly conveys the general dynamic image of that fragment.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions