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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 206-207

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

Slur break in A & GE2

Slur break in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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Moving the moment of the slurs' division is a typical inaccuracy of GE1 (→FE→EE), corrected in GE2. Similarly a bar further.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 207-208

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

2nd slur over 2nd half of bar in A

2nd slur from minim in GE

Contiguous slurs in FE

One slur in EE
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The clear and coherent slurring of A is certainly the only authentic one. Initially, the engraver of GE1 replaced the Chopin slurs with whole-bar ones (same as one bar earlier); it was in the proofreading only that the right-hand ending of the slur beginning in bar 208 was drawn to bar 209. At the same time, the slur in bar 207 is so inaccurate that in FE it was led further on, until the minim in bar 208. As a result, in FE both slurs coincide on this chord, which EE interpreted arbitrarily as a combination of slurs.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 207

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

Dots & long accent in A

Short accent in GE1 & EE2 (→EE3)

No marks in FE (→EE1)

Dots & short accent in GE2
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Missing dots in the majority of the editions are a result of inaccuracy of the engraver of GE1 (→FE→EE). The signs were added in GE2. Moreover, in GE the accent was reproduced as short, whereas in FE (→EE1) it was completely overlooked.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 208

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

Grace note in A (→GE) & FED

Grace note after minim in FE

Crotchet in EE
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The d2 appoggiatura, in FE placed erroneously on the right-hand side of the minim, was misinterpreted in EE as a crotchet in the reduction of the orchestra part, which is also a patent mistake. Chopin introduced the correct text in FED. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED

b. 208-209

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

No slur in sources

Slur suggested by the editors
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In the main text we add the slur in the part of the L.H. Chopin probably considered the slur over the crotchets in the R.H. to be referring to the entire block of the harmonic filling.

category imprint: Editorial revisions