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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 238

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

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In the main text we preserve the cautionary (?) , present in all sources, before a1 as a proof of the Chopin way of thinking. However, the reason for its introduction is unclear – Chopin may have simply followed an analogy with bars 230 and 236, in which the corresponding semiquaver is a g1, always written with a .  

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 239

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

in A & GE2

No marking in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The absence of  is one of many oversights of GE1 (→FE→EE) in this and the previous bars. The sign was restored in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 239

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

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In the main text we add cautionary flats before the E-e octave.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 240

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

 in A

No markings in GE1 (→FE→EE)

  in GE2
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The missing  asterisk in A is undoubtedly a mistake – this kind of oversights would happen to Chopin on a number of occasions, and the end of a page always fosters inaccuracies. The total oversight of the second pedal in this bar in GE1 (→FE→EE) is also to be considered a mistake – there is no reason to use a different pedalling in the ending of this bar than in three previous analogous bars 234, 236 and 238. GE2 added both a  and a . In this context, the placement of the  sign adopted there is the only reasonable one, hence we give this version in the main text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , No pedal release mark , Inaccuracies in A

b. 240

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

Dot in A, EE & GE2

No mark in GE1 (→FE)
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The missing staccato dot in GE1 (→FE) is a patent oversight, corrected in EE and GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , GE revisions