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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Authentic corrections of GE

b. 268-269

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

Slur in A

Slurs in GE (→FE→EE)
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The change of the continuous slur of A to overlapping slurs in the editions may be, according to us, a result of the proofreading of the original inaccurate slurring of GE1 – Chopin could have e.g. added the first slur, if initially only the second had been printed. In such a situation, the slurs of GE (→FE→EE) could be regarded as an equal variant of notation. However, in the main text we leave the undoubtedly authentic version of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 271-272

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

Slur in A

Slurs in GE1

Slurs in FE

Slurs in EE

Slurs in GE2
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Over the part of the R.H. (in some editions under), apart from the top, several-bar-long slur, the sources include one or two additional slurs of varied range. According to us, it is most probably only the slur of A that is authentic, hence we give it in the main text. The absence of visible traces of corrections of slurs in GE1 makes a possible Chopin proofreading highly unlikely, whereas the subsequent minor changes of the range of the first slur, of inaccurate (FE) or revisional (EE and GE2) nature and actually without impact on the performance, cannot be authentic.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 276

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

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Same as in analogous bar 128, in A there is no accidental before the crotchet in the middle voice. It must be an oversight, corrected already in GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of GE , Last key signature sign , Inaccuracies in A

b. 276-278

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

Slur in bar 278 in A (literal reading)

2 slurs in GE (→FE)

2 slurs in EE

Slur in bars 276-278 suggested by the editors
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In A bar 277 is the last one on the page and it does not contain phrase marks. In turn, in bar 278 there is a slur suggesting a continuation from the previous bar. Therefore, it seems that Chopin forgot to write the initial part of the slur, most probably of the one with which he embraced that phrase in bars 128-130. This is the slur we suggest in the main text. In GE, next to the slur in bar 278, roughly reproduced, a slur of a similar range was added also in bar 277. If the implemented proofreading had been inspired by Chopin, which cannot be excluded, it would be a correction of an ad hoc nature rather than an intended variation of phrasing.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 280

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

Slur to d1 in A

Slur to e1 in GE (→FE→EE)
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The slur of A seems to be inaccurate – in this context it is difficult to assume that e1 were to be separated from the previous quavers (cf. analogous bar 132). Therefore, the version of GE may be a result of Chopin's proofreading.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of GE