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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 139

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

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In A Chopin overlooked the  returning d2. The patent error was corrected in EE2 (→EE3) and GE2. A flat was added also – probably by Chopin – in FED.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 142

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

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before d1 in the L.H. The sign was added also in EE3. At the same time, we omit the superfluous in this situation  before d1 present in the sources at the end of the bar in the R.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 142

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

e1 under tied a1 in A & FED (probable reading)

No e1 in GE1 (→FE→EE)

e1 before repeated a1 in FED (possible reading)

e1 inside grupetto in GE2
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The missing e1 crotchet in the bottom voice in GE1 (→FE→EE) is a patent mistake. One could even assume that the engraver of GE1 omitted this note, since the erroneous layout of the group of small notes would have impeded its reasonable placement: it would either fall over the 4th quaver in the L.H. or in the middle of the grupetto of the top voice in the R.H. (the latter was adopted in GE2, where a crotchet was added without correcting the layout of small quavers).

The poorly legible entry in FED certainly includes the added e1, perhaps also deletion of the tie of the a1 minim. According to us, it may mean returning the version of A with sustained a1 or possibly a version close to the one written by Chopin in the recapitulation, with a gruppetto composed of five notes starting after the e1 crotchet.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 142

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

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before c2.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 143

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

f2 in A (literal reading→GE1→FE)

f2 in A (contextual interpretation) & EE

f2 in GE2
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Before the penultimate note in A (→GE1→FE) there is no accidental specifying whether it is to be f2, in accordance with the figuration's logic, or f2, in accordance with the orthographic rules. In this kind of figures, transferred by an octave, Chopin would often omit repetitions of accidentals, considering them to be obvious. The fact that he heard f2 here is proved by cautionary naturals before the f1-f2 octave in the next bar, added in the proofreading of FE (→EE), most probably by Chopin. In this situation, in the main text we adopt the version with f2. It is also in EE, in which a  was probably added after having taken into account cautionary naturals (cf. bar 171). GE2 opted for the version with f2, adding a  before it.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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