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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 285

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

f in A (→GE)

d in FE (→EE)
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The version of FE (→EE) is most probably a Terzverschreibung error – in the recapitulation A has an almost unchanged accompaniment, with respect to the exposition, in the entire theme (from bar 273); there are also no visible traces of correction in print in FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error

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. 287

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

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Same as in analogous bar 139, in A Chopin overlooked the  returning a1, which remained unnoticed in all editions.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

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

b. 287

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

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FE has an erroneous g as the last quaver in the L.H. In EE the mistake was corrected, most probably on the basis of comparison with analogous bar 139.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 288

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

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In A (→GE1→FE) there are no accidentals in the last group of semiquavers. In EE the necessary  returning f2 on the last semiquaver was added, whereas in GE2 and EE3 two cautionary flats at the beginning of this group, before b2 and a2 (in the main text we include only the first one).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals