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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Long accents

b. 285

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

2 long accents in A

Short accent in GE1 & EE1

No marks in FE

2 short accents in GE2 & EE2 (→EE3)
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In the main text we give the long accents of A. In the editions they were reproduced inaccurately as short ones. The differences in the number of accents are a result of oversights and revisions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 286

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

Long accent in A, contextual interpretation

 in A (literal reading→GE)

 in FE (→EE)
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In A the sign is bigger than the majority of long accents, so it having been reproduced in GE as a  hairpin cannot be considered an inaccuracy. According to us, the context, however, definitely supports a long accent, which is in A in the corresponding bar of the exposition by the way (bar 138). The  sign in FE (→EE) is an example of a frequently appearing mistake, consisting in reversing the direction of a sign – cf. e.g. the Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12, bar 53.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , Sign reversal

b. 289

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

Long accents in A

Short accents in GE (→FE→EE)
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Replacing long accents with short ones is a typical inaccuracy of GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 290

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

Long accent in A

No mark in GE1 (→FE→EE)

 in GE2
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The missing accent is certainly a mistake of GE1 (→FE→EE). The engraver might not have been sure to which note the shifted accent applied (it was one of the ways of marking long accents in Chopin's earlier autographs – cf. bar 230).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 291

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

Probable long accent in A

Possible short accent in A (→GE→FE)

Vertical accent in EE
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It is unclear which type of accent Chopin meant here. The sign is shorter from all previous ones on this page of A (bars 289-290); however, its shape is characteristic of long accents – cf. the accent in bar 293. GE (→FE) has a short accent, which in EE was changed to a vertical sign.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions