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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 115

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

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GE2 and EE3 added a cautionary  before the first b2 in the R.H. In the main text we add cautionary flats before d2 and d1 and b.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 117-118

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

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None of the sources returned b1 in bar 117 and b2 in bar 118, which is a patent oversight. In turn, EE added cautionary flats before the next semiquaver in both bars, b2 and b3 respectively. We include the second of the signs in the main text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 119-120

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

f in sources, literal reading

f, contextual interpretation suggested by the editors
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There is no accidental before the 4th semiquaver in the 2nd half of bar 119, which means that it should be read as f3. Similarly, in the next bar a corresponding note, when interpreted literally, is an f2. What is more, in FED Chopin added fingering over the discussed note and did not question its sound. In spite of this, an oversight of naturals returning f3(2) seems to be highly likely: 

  • the preceding f is included in the fragment of a chromatic scale and most probably both Chopin and the pupil considered them not as a separate alteration, but as a part of the chromatic sequence from f to c.
  • reaching the discussed notes, both Chopin writing A and the pupil performing at the lesson were already most probably thinking about the last crotchet in the bar with its clearly diminished four-note chord, including an f, and not an f.

Taking into account the above, in the main text we add naturals before those notes.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A

b. 119-120

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

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The cautionary flats before d1 in bar 119 and d3 in bar 120 were added by us.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 120

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

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In A one can see that the last crotchet originally included also e, engraved then by Chopin.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A