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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 309

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

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In A there is no  raising a to a before the 2nd quaver. The sign was added in EE and GE2.
In EE the  before the 3rd quaver (e1) was overlooked.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Errors in EE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 309

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

Different slurs in A

Half-bar slurs in GE1

No slurs in FE

Slurs from 2nd quaver in EE & GE2
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In the 1st half of the bar the slur in the L.H. was corrected in A – it was most probably Chopin that added a new beginning to the original slur over the entire group of quavers, so that the corrected slur would start from the 2nd quaver. GE1 did not include this correction, whereas GE2 copied it also in the second slur in this bar. The absence of slurs in FE is a patent oversight, which was revised in EE, by providing with slurs the notes which were not marked staccato. The last version may be considered to be justified, yet due to a likely though unobvious inaccuracies in the notation of the articulation of the L.H. in bars 309-310, in the main text we leave the version of A. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE , Corrections in A , GE revisions

b. 316-317

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

No slur in A (→GE1→FE)

Slur A-B in EE & GE2
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The absence of the slur emphasising the A-B bass step is most probably Chopin's oversight. The slur was added by the revisers of EE and GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 316-318

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

3-quaver slurs in A (→GE→FE)

4-quaver slurs in EE
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Both top slurs in the L.H. in bar 316 and the first one in bar 318 embrace in EE four quavers each, in spite of the fact that in A (→GE→FE) the slurs continue the slurring scheme from bar 315. It is probably a revision unifying the slurs in bars 316-318, based on the erroneous slurs of FE in bar 317 and 318.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 317-318

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

2 slurs in A, EE & GE2

1 slur in GE1

No slurs in FE
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The omission of one (GE1) or both (FE) slurs over the pairs of bass notes is certainly a mistake. The slurs were added in EE and GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE