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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 199-200

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

g1 tied in A

g1 repeated in GE (→FE)

g1 repeated in EE
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Two curved lines visible in A – the tie of g1 and the phrase mark in bar 200 – were reproduced in GE (→FE→EE) as one phrase mark, running from the 2nd minim in bar 199. The reason for the misunderstanding of the notation of A was most probably the Chopin manner of writing ties: in this case the engraver probably considered the tie to be combining the e1 minim in bar 199 with the g1 crotchet in bar 200. In GE (→FE) the second minim in the R.H. in bar 199 was divided into two voices – a c1-e1 third and b1. This arbitrary change probably stemmed from the inaccurate notation of A too (quite frequent in the case of Chopin) – both top notes of this chord are written without stems.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE

b. 199-200

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

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In GE (→FE→EE) the slur erroneously starts in the middle of bar 199.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 199

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

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The flat, in A (→GE) restoring b, is placed before c1 in FE (→EE1→EE2). The mistake was corrected in EE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 199

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

 in A & GE2

 &  in GE (→FE→EE)
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The Chopin  was reproduced in GE1 (→FE→EE) as  and . This kind of misinterpretations of  would often appear in Chopin's pieces, e.g. in the Etude in E minor, Op. 10 No. 6, bar 21.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , fz – f

b. 201-202

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

Slur in A

2 slurs in GE (→FE→EE)
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In this case, it is difficult to consider the slurs of GE (→FE→EE), contrary to the unambiguous slur of A, to be a schematic distortion, typical for GE1, since they correspond to the motifs of which the phrase is built, and not to the metric units. However, a possible proofreading by Chopin is uncertain, since there are no traces of corrections in any of the few studied copies of GE1 and GE1a. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of GE