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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 300

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

Accent in A (→GE)

No mark in FE (→EE)
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The missing 1st accent in FE (→EE) is certainly an oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 309

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

Different slurs in A

Half-bar slurs in GE1

No slurs in FE

Slurs from 2nd quaver in EE & GE2
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In the 1st half of the bar the slur in the L.H. was corrected in A – it was most probably Chopin that added a new beginning to the original slur over the entire group of quavers, so that the corrected slur would start from the 2nd quaver. GE1 did not include this correction, whereas GE2 copied it also in the second slur in this bar. The absence of slurs in FE is a patent oversight, which was revised in EE, by providing with slurs the notes which were not marked staccato. The last version may be considered to be justified, yet due to a likely though unobvious inaccuracies in the notation of the articulation of the L.H. in bars 309-310, in the main text we leave the version of A. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE , Corrections in A , GE revisions

b. 317-318

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

2 slurs in A, EE & GE2

1 slur in GE1

No slurs in FE
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The omission of one (GE1) or both (FE) slurs over the pairs of bass notes is certainly a mistake. The slurs were added in EE and GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 317

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

Two 3-quaver slurs in A & GE2

3- & 4-quaver slurs in GE1

3- & 5-quaver slurs in FE

Two 4-quaver slurs in EE
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The second slur in FE is almost certainly erroneous (perhaps it is a mistake repeated after the original version of GE1, which was then corrected in the last phase of proofreading). The version of EE, certainly contrary to Chopin's intention, is probably an attempt to organise slurs over similar figures in bars 316-318.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 323

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

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FE overlooked the  raising a to a. The patent mistake was corrected in EE. The correct text is also in A (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE