mUltimate Chopin

Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

Text Compare Notes Sources Description

Issues : Inaccuracies in A

b. 244

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

..

The bar is not written correctly in any of the sources. In A four signs are missing: a  before the 5th semiquaver (d2) and flats before the 7th semiquaver (b) and before the last two semiquavers (b2 and d2). In GE (→FE→EE) only two signs were added: a necessary  before the 5th semiquaver (d2) and a cautionary  before the 14th semiquaver (d3). Moreover, A repeated a  before the bottom note of the last quaver in bar 244. The unnecessary sign was removed in EE1 (→EE2) and in GE2, but it was restored in EE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 247

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

No marks in A (→GE1→FE→EE)

Staccato dots in GE2
..

It is difficult to say what the motivation of the reviser of GE2 was, while providing the chords at the beginning of the bar with staccato dots. Perhaps he assigned a dot over the crotchet in the cello part in Morch to the chord in the L.H., which is not entirely excluded. In any case, the sign in the R.H. is certainly absent in A.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 247

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

..

There are no accidentals in the last group of semiquavers in the L.H. in A. In GE (→FE→EE) the signs were added after the R.H. An authentic cautionary  before a2, in the editions added also before a1, draws attention. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 249

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

..

The sources feature a rather unnecessary  before e2 in the 2nd half of the bar. In the main text we add a  before e3 – it is not absolutely necessary in the sources due to the use of an octave sign at the beginning of the bar and a different layout.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Cautionary accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 256

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

..

There is no  before the top note of the 7th third in A. The patent oversight was corrected already in GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A