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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 242

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

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All sources have a  before e2, a sign that we omit in the main text as an unjustified cautionary accidental in this context. Perhaps Chopin felt the need to mark the difference with respect to the previous half-bar figure, in which there is a d2 in this place – it would be another argument confirming the fact that the absence of  before this d2 in A (→GE) is an oversight.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 242

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

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The natural raising d2 to d2 appears in A (→GE→FE1) only before the 13th semiquaver. The mistake was corrected – most probably by Chopin – in the proofreading of FE2 (→EE). In the main text, we omit the  on the 13th semiquaver of the bar, superfluous in relation to the sign on the 4th semiquaver.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 243

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

L.H. accent in A

No mark in GE1 (→FE→EE)

 in GE2
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The accent over the sixth in the L.H. in the middle of the bar was overlooked in GE1 (→FE→EE) and returned in GE2 in the form of a sign at the height of the previous  sign. The notation of A is quite ambiguous here, yet Chopin clearly assigned the accent to the part of the L.H. in a similar figure two bars later.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 243

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

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FE1 has an erroneous c2 instead of an e2 as the 5th semiquaver. The mistake was corrected in FE2 (→EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , FE revisions

b. 243

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

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In A (→GE→FE) there is no  before the 8th semiquaver (d3). This patent inaccuracy was corrected only in EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , Errors in GE , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A