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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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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. 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. 182-184

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

Long accent in A

Short accent in GE (→FE)

Vertical accent in EE

Long accents suggested by the editors
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The accent over the minim in bar 182 in A is undoubtedly long, which was not reproduced in the editions. According to us, the absence of the sign in an analogous situation in bar 184 must be considered Chopin's inadvertence – in Morch corresponding signs are in all parts performing this motif (cellos, double basses and trombones).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 185

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

 from 3rd quaver in A

 from 5. quaver in GE (→FE→EE)
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The later started  sign is a typical inaccuracy of the engraver of GE1, who would adjust hairpins and slurs to beams or bars.

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issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 188

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

Dots for R.H. in A (→GE→FE)

No marks in EE

Dots for both hands suggested by the editors
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In such a context, the staccato dots written over the R.H. (as it is in A, GE and FE) are valid also in the L.H. In the main text, we suggest adding signs in the L.H. due to the added accents in the previous bar and change of the placement of the dots in the R.H.
The absence of the signs in EE must be an oversight.

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