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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
GE2
Main text
½A - Semi-autograph
A - Autograph of the piano part
Morch - Manuscript of the orchestra part
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Retouched impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
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  b. 60

Long accent in A

 in GE1 (→FE→EE)

 in GE2

The typical long accent visible in A was falsely reproduced in the editions as a diminuendo hairpin, which would frequently happen in Chopin's works – cf. e.g. the Etude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2, bar 8 and 12.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents, Inaccuracies in GE, GE revisions

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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