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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 74-75

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

Slur in A, literal reading

Slur in A (contextual interpretation) & GE2

Slur to c1 in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The undoubtedly erroneous slur of GE1 (→FE→EE) is a result of coinciding two factors:

  • an unclear ending moment of the slur of A – when interpreted literally, it ends on the g1 quaver or the b1 semiquaver;
  • graphically complicated notation of A, impossible to be literally reproduced in print (a slur between the parts of both hands, written on one stave).

In the main text, we give an interpretation of the notation of A, which we find accurate, adopted in GE2. Cf. bar 75.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions

b. 75

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

Slur in A, literal reading

Slur in A (contextual interpretation) & GE2

Slur in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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When interpreted literally, the slur of A begins only from the e1-g1 third. However, it is highly likely that Chopin imagined an extension of the slur until the corrected version of the top stave, so that it would start earlier. In the main text we adopt – in accordance with GE2 – the f1 crotchet as the first note embraced with the slur, yet the version of GE1 (→FE→EE) with a slur running already from a1 seems to be possible too, as an interpretation of the notation of A.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions

b. 76

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

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 77-78

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

f1 repeated in A

f1 tied in GE (→FE→EE)
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It is difficult to clearly state how the differences between A and the editions came to exist. Chopin's proofreading cannot be excluded in this place, yet, according to us, an erroneous reproduction of A is much more likely – cf. an analogous phrase in bars 3-4, in which the repetition of f1 is confirmed with an accent and probably also with a corrected slur. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 77-78

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

Slur from bar 77 in A

Slur from bar 78 in GE (→FE→EE)
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A later beginning of the slur over the final motif of the first phrase of the theme may be a result of Chopin's proofreading – cf. a similar correction of the slur in analogous bars 3-4. However, an inaccuracy is also highly likely: the slur of GE (→FE→EE) starts from the beginning of the bar, which was clearly preferred by the engraver of GE1. See the note below. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of GE