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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 338

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

b in last quaver in A (→GE→EE,FESB)

No b in FE
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Chopin removed b while proofreading FE1 (→FE2). The removal of this note prepares a strictly four-part texture of the next two bars and ensures that the chromatic connection between the G6< major and B major chords is as legible as possible.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 341

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

No markings in A (→GE)

  in FE (→EE)

( ) suggested by the editors
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Both dynamic indications –  and  – were added in the proofreading of FE (→EE), undoubtedly by Chopin. They can be regarded as a completion of the indications of A, but it also seems possible that one can handle this bar with less contrast, which is suggested by the notation of A (→GE). Therefore, we leave their inclusion to the discretion of the performer. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 341

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

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Chopin added the  hairpin – together with  – in the proofreading of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 342-343

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur in b. 341-344 in AsI

Slurs in b. 341 & 343 in A (→GE→FESB,EE1→EE2)

3 slurs in b. 341-343 in FE & EE3

2 slurs, our alternative suggestion

Continuous slur, our other suggestion
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The missing slur over bar 342 is most probably Chopin's oversight, which he corrected in FE. The suggested alternative solutions are modelled on the continuous slur in analogous bars 355-357, whereby in the first one we keep the whole-bar slur over bar 341, entered into A.
In AsI Chopin initially wrote a slur compliant with our second alternative suggestion and then prolonged it to end of bar 344.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 343

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

e2 in A (→GE→FE1→EE)

e2 in FE2
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In the main text we include the  raising e2 to e2, added by Chopin in the last phase of proofreading of FE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE