Issues : EE revisions

b. 290

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

Staccato dot in A, EE & GE2

No mark in GE1 (→FE)

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The missing staccato dot over the bass E is certainly a result of an oversight of the engraver of GE1 (→FE). The sign was added in EE, most probably on the basis of comparison with analogous bar 142, whereas in GE2 on the basis of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 291

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

Probable long accent in A

Possible short accent in A (→GEFE)

Vertical accent in EE

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It is unclear which type of accent Chopin meant here. The sign is shorter from all previous ones on this page of A (bars 289-290); however, its shape is characteristic of long accents – cf. the accent in bar 293. GE (→FE) has a short accent, which in EE was changed to a vertical sign.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions

b. 295

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

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In the part of the R.H. A (→GE1FE) has only one , before the 2nd semiquaver. The necessary signs for the b2 and bnotes were added in the remaining editions.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 297

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

Chord in A

No cue in GE & EE

F in FE, contextual interpretation

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In GE1, the omission of the chord of strings (together with the following rest) written in A may be considered a mistake – as a result of corrections, Chopin moved the notation of the solo part to an adjacent stave, which could have misled the engraver. It is difficult to say why these elements were omitted also in GE2. In this place FE has an erroneous crotchet (and a rest). It can be a misunderstood proofreading of Chopin, hence we adopt the crotchet, being harmonically correct, as the text of FE. However, it is highly likely that it was the beginning of the next bar that was printed here. EE omitted the erroneous notation of FE.

Contrary to other minor replicas from the orchestral part of this type, the discussed chord, same as the crotchets in the next bar, are only an illustration of the harmonic sequence of the orchestral accompaniment and they are certainly not to be performed, even in the solo performance.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 299-300

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

Short accents in A (→GEFE)

Vertical accents in EE

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The change of the font of the accents in the R.H. in bars 299-300 is an example of a characteristic discretion of EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions