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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 335

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

No marking in A (→GE)

in FE (→EE)
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 in FE (→EE) is undoubtedly a Chopin addition in the proofreading of FE1. Chopin added dynamic markings also in bar 337 and 341.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 337

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

 &  in A

No markings in GE1

 in FE (literal reading→EE)

 in FE, contextual interpretation

 in both hands &  in GE2
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In the main text we give the most accurate indications of A. They were overlooked in GE1, probably due to a faulty layout – the Tutti indication, placed between the staves, impeded fitting the remaining ones. While proofreading FE (→EE), Chopin added  at the beginning of the bar, which is to be considered to be rather an ad hoc supplement of the incomplete notation of GE1. According to us, the indication is valid only from the piano reduction of the orchestral part – FE did not observe the differences in the size of the indications between the solo and orchestral parts, whereas dynamic sings would often be placed clearly before the notes they applied to. The version of GE2 is an arbitrary interpretation of the notation of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 341

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

No markings in A (→GE)

  in FE (→EE)

( ) suggested by the editors
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Both dynamic indications –  and  – were added in the proofreading of FE (→EE), undoubtedly by Chopin. They can be regarded as a completion of the indications of A, but it also seems possible that one can handle this bar with less contrast, which is suggested by the notation of A (→GE). Therefore, we leave their inclusion to the discretion of the performer. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 341

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

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Chopin added the  hairpin – together with  – in the proofreading of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 344

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

f1 in A (→GE)

a-f1 in FE (→EE), contextual interpretation
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The addition of a in the proofreading of FE (→EE) is undoubtedly a Chopin improvement (it can be that Chopin corrected his own oversight in A). There is no extending dot next to this note, which, regardless of the reason, has to be considered an inaccuracy in this context.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE