Issues : Authentic corrections of GE

b. 455

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

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In A the only accidental before the 1st chord in the R.H. is the cautionary  before e2. From the musical point of view, the version with dwould be possible, yet a comparison with analogous bar 425 and a  of d3 added – probably by Chopin – already in GE1 (→FEEE, →GE2) prove Chopin's mistake. Chopin committed the same mistake in a similar context in bar 423.
In the main text we omit the unjustified  before e2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE , Last key signature sign

b. 456-464

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

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In A there are no flats restoring bin the last chord in the L.H. in bars 456 and 464. These patent mistakes were corrected already in GE1 (→FEEE, →GE2), perhaps by Chopin.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 456-457

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

Literal interpretation of slurs in A

Slur in GE (→FEEE)

Slurs in A, contextual interpretation

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In A, it is difficult to say where the slur in the L.H. in bar 456 is supposed to reach. When interpreted literally, it leads to the last chord in this bar, yet in bar 457, on a new page in A, there is an ending of a slur from the previous page. In GE (→FEEE), both slurs were combined in one, which has to be considered a possible interpretation (it also seems to be likely that the slur was added in its entirety in the proofreading of GE1). However, according to us, it is the contextual interpretation including the authentic slurs in bars 416-417 and 424-425 that is more likely, and these are the slurs we give in the main text.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 462-463

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

Slur to c3 in A

Slur to d3 in GE (→EEEE)

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The slur in the R.H. starting in bar 462 reaches only the last note in this bar in A. It is almost certainly a trace of the original notation, which is supported by an extension of the slur in an analogous situation one bar earlier. Chopin's oversight was corrected already in GE1, most probably by the composer himself. At the same time, the visible traces of corrections in print prove that it was different slurs than in A that were subject to proofreading – it is likely that initially each of bars 461-464 was encompassed with a separate, whole-bar slur (bar 462 certainly was).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of GE , Omitted correction of an analogous place , Corrected slurs of Op. 21 in GE1

b. 474-475

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

No slur in A

Single slur in GE1 (→FEEE)

Double slur in GE2

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The missing slurs in A is a typical oversight of Chopin, related to the transition into a new page. GE1 (→FEEE) added only the bottom slur, which, taking into account the double slurs in the adjacent bars, seems to be a simplified correction (or revision).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE