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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 169-170

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

Slurs in A (contextual interpretation→GE)

Slurs in FE

Slurs in EE
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The astonishingly precise slurs of GE were most probably proofread by Chopin. It is indicated by minor traces of corrections and by the version of FE, which probably reflects the state prior to the proofreading. See also the adjacent note on staccato dots.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 171

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

End of slur in A (→GE)

End of slur in FE (→EE)
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The longer slur in FE (→EE) is a result of a proofreading – one can see traces of deletion of the slur repeated from GE1. This kind of change to FE could have been introduced only by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 174

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

Whole-bar slur in A

Half-bar slurs in GE (→FE→EE)
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The division of the slur is certainly an arbitrary change of GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 175-176

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

Slur to bar 176 in A & GE2

Slur in bar 175 in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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Shortening the slur in GE1 (→FE→EE) is almost certainly a characteristic inaccuracy of the engraver of GE1. The slur of A was restored in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 176-177

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

Slur to bar 177 in A (contextual interpretation→GE)

Slur in bar 176 in A (literal reading) & FE (→EE)
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Although the slur in bar 176 is not continued in bar 177 (on a new page of A), the continuation is suggested so clearly that in GE it was led to the first quaver in bar 177. However, this undoubtedly correct version was not reproduced in FE (→EE), which is either a mistake of the engraver of FE or a proof of a correction of the slur in GE1 in the last phase of proofreading.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A