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b. 145
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The earlier division of the slur in the editions is certainly a result of distraction of the engraver of GE1, who, seeing a similarly shaped group of four notes, gave a third consecutive four-note slur. The slurs probably indicate here the following rhythmic grouping of this 18-note figure: 4-4-5-5. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE |
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b. 147
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The slur under the sextuplet, visible in A, was replaced with a phrase mark of a greater range in GE (→FE→EE) (the inaccurately engraved ending of this slur was corrected both in FE and GE2). The visible traces of corrections show that initially the slur started already from the d category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of GE , Triplet slurs , Corrected slurs of Op. 21 in GE1 |
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b. 148-149
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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In spite of the correction of the slur of A, which Chopin extended to the g1 crotchet, the editions embraced with it only the group of small notes. Chopin restored the correct phrasing with an entry in FED. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Inaccuracies in GE , Corrections in A |
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b. 149
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The slur of A, when interpreted literally, seems to start from the beginning of the bar and this is how it was reproduced in the editions. However, both the previous slur, led to the beginning of this bar, and con duolo placed only over the second crotchet suggest that the new musical thought should begin just from the second crotchet. The intuition is confirmed by the Chopin entry in FED, in which the ending of the slur added over the roulade in bar 148 clearly separates the g1 crotchet from the further course of music. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 149-150
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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In A, the slur led to the minim in bar 150, uncommonly unambiguously – as for a transition into a new page – was, however, totally falsely reproduced in GE1 (→FE→EE). It is possible that the engraver first took care of the slur in bar 149, which he considered to be whole bar long, just moved to the right. Then he combined both slurs in bar 150, seeing a whole in them, inaccurately written (both slurs reach quite far into the space between the initial minim and the following it quaver, which could have suggested such an interpretation). In the last slur, he also performed the idea of a continuation from the previous bar, without touching the already finished slur in bar 149. GE2 interpreted here the slurs of A more literally and undoubtedly rightly so. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors in GE , GE revisions |
2 quaver. The last correction was certainly performed by Chopin; it cannot be excluded that the very addition of the slur was inspired by him. 
