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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 348

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

f1 in A (→GE)

f-f1 in FE (→EE)
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The f note added in the proofreading of FE (→EE) is a change that certainly comes from Chopin. He also introduced a similar complement in the Concerto's 3rd mvt, bars 63-64.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 348

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur from f in A (→FE,FC→GE)

Slur from B in EE
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The version of EE, which can be considered an interpretation – ignoring the musical sense – of the slur of A, written with panache, could have been repeated after FE, which, after all, was based on A. In the very FE the erroneous slur would have been corrected in the last phase of proofreading (although there are no visible traces of such a correction on the available photocopies of FE copies). In turn, the slur in GE1 – beginning from f in the previous bar – is completely erroneous. The engraver could have mistaken the bars, since they end with the same note (the mistake was corrected in subsequent GE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 352

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

a2 in A (→GE)

d2-a2 in FE (→EE)
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A more accurate specification of the unexpected B7 chord in the solo part already at the beginning of the bar must be a Chopinesque improvement introduced in the proofreading of FE (→EE). It is already a second change in this bar with respect to the earliest preserved version, after the rhythmic diversification – see the adjacent note. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 352

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

Slur from 2nd beat in A

2 slurs in GE

2 slurs in FE (→EE)

Slur from first beat suggested by the editors
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In the main text we give an extended slur – probably by Chopin together with adding the d2 note at the beginning of the bar – in the proofreading of FE (→EE). In turn, we omit the triplet slur added in GE (→FE→EE) – cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 16.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Triplet slurs

b. 353-354

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

b3 repeated in A (→GE)

b3 tied in FE (→EE)
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According to us, the tie of b3 is a result of a mistake of the engraver of FE (→EE). It would be difficult to assume that Chopin would have liked to deprive this figure of its initial fourth that is key for capturing the relationship to the antithetic figure, beginning with a fifth, in the preceding bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE