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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 288

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

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In FE (→EE1→EE2) there is no  raising a1 to a1 before the 2nd semiquaver. Chopin added a  in FED; the correct text was introduced also in EE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED

b. 297

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

Chord in A

No cue in GE & EE

F in FE, contextual interpretation
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In GE1, the omission of the chord of strings (together with the following rest) written in A may be considered a mistake – as a result of corrections, Chopin moved the notation of the solo part to an adjacent stave, which could have misled the engraver. It is difficult to say why these elements were omitted also in GE2. In this place FE has an erroneous G crotchet (and a rest). It can be a misunderstood proofreading of Chopin, hence we adopt the F crotchet, being harmonically correct, as the text of FE. However, it is highly likely that it was the beginning of the next bar that was printed here. EE omitted the erroneous notation of FE.

Contrary to other minor replicas from the orchestral part of this type, the discussed chord, same as the crotchets in the next bar, are only an illustration of the harmonic sequence of the orchestral accompaniment and they are certainly not to be performed, even in the solo performance.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 298

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

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There is an erroneous  before the 1st semiquaver in the L.H. in the 2nd half of the bar in FE1. The mistake was corrected already in FE2. It is probably a revision, although Chopin's participation cannot be excluded. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 299-300

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

 in A (→GE)

No sign in FE (→EE)

 [] [] suggested by the editors
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The missing  sign in A (→GE) can be Chopin's oversight; however, it is not entirely clear where it is to be added. The pedal is certainly to be held at least for a half of the bar, yet probably much longer. The signs suggested by us determine a section in which a pedal's release sounds most naturally (it is best to do it gradually as the so-called diminuendo pedal).
Leaving out the pedalling in FE (→EE) is certainly a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , No pedal release mark

b. 300

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

d1-g1 in A (→GE), EE & FED

f1-b1 in FE
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Disruption of the regularity of the sequence of semiquavers in the version of FE is certainly a result of a mistake of the engraver, who instead of the correct notes repeated two previous ones (f1-b1). Chopin corrected it in FED. EE also includes the correct text, which proves the good intuition and courage of the reviser of this edition, since the mistake, no matter how obvious, when seeing the correct text of A (→GE), gives a version that is neither sonically striking nor pianistically inconvenient.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Terzverschreibung error