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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 179-180

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

Staccato dots in A & GE2

No marks in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The overlooked staccato dots on the g1 crotchet in bar 179 and the 1st chord in bar 180 are certainly mistakes of GE1 (→FE→EE). Both signs were added in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 179-180

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

 in A & GE2

No markings in GE1 (→FE→EE)

 & [] suggested by the editors
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The omission of the  sign in GE1 (→FE→EE) is certainly an oversight. The sign was added in GE2 after A. Chopin did not mark the moment of pedal release, considering it to be obvious or he simply forgot it. In the main text we suggest adding a  in the spirit of the Chopin harmonic pedalling. Cf. bars 335-336.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 181

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

 from 1st quaver in A (literal reading)

 from 2nd quaver in A (contextual interpretation) & GE2

No indication in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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In A  is written in such a way that it is unclear whether it is to be valid from the first or 2nd quaver in the bar. Both versions can be justified, as far as music is concerned:

  • in the orchestra part – Morch –  is certainly valid from the beginning of the bar, hence it seems to be natural that it is to be placed in the same way in A;
  • the first quaver in this bar belongs still to the solo part and it has to be performed  as such; the piano reduction of the orchestra part begins only from the 2nd quaver and  is to be applied from this place.

According to us, the second reasoning is more convincing. The absence of  in GE1 (→FE→EE) is probably an oversight, since the adjacent accent was overlooked too.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 181

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

Accent in A & GE2

No mark in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The absence of the accent in the majority of the editions is most probably an oversight of the engraver – in similar motifs (e.g. bars 19-22 or 185) the syncopation is always accented.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 181

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

Octave c3-c4 in A & FE (→EE)

Small-print octave c2-c3 in GE1

Octave c2-c3 in GE2
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GE1 did not notice the difference in the size of notes between the octaves on the 1st quaver, ending the solo part, and the following them reduction of the orchestral Tutti, this time written correctly (cf. bars 1-22). The mistake was corrected both in FE (→EE) and in GE2. Moreover, loco, ending the octave sign from the previous two bars, was placed too early, so that the 1st octave is written an octave too low. The mistake was corrected only in FE (→EE), certainly as a result of Chopin's intervention.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions