Issues : Omissions to cancel alteration
b. 101-103
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The notation of accidentals in the figurations in these bars is both refined and inaccurate in A. Chopin took care of the cautionary signs (naturals before the topmost c2, c3 and c4 notes and flats before d1 and d3 in the ending of bars 101 and 103); however, he omitted a number of necessary signs – naturals returning c2 and c3 at the beginning of the last group in bars 102 and 103 and naturals raising d2 to d2 and e2 to e2 in bar 103. The editions addressed only the last two mentioned inaccuracies:
In the main text we give all necessary signs and we add a cautionary before d2 in bar 102. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 105-107
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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In the sources there is no returning f on the 7th quaver in bar 105. Similarly, in bar 107 Chopin overlooked a before f1. Those patent mistakes were undiscovered both by the revisers of the editions (in total 7 proofreadings in 3 editions) and by Chopin himself, who had to look at those places at least once, when, proofreading FE1, he added slurs embracing the discussed notes in both bars. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE |
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b. 107-108
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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In A (→GE1→FE→EE1→EE2) there is neither a returning a2 in bar 107 nor a cautionary before e3 in bar 108. In GE2 only the first was added and in EE3 – only the second. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE |
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b. 109-110
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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In both bars there are no accidentals both before the 12th and the 13th semiquavers in A. The flats added in the proofreading of GE (→FE→EE) – almost certainly by Chopin – confirm that we are dealing here with a rare case of a fourfold composer's error, who overlooked both the naturals altering d2 to d2 and flats returning d2. Both necessary naturals were added in EE and the first of them (in bar 109) also in GE2. This kind of mistake may seem implausible, yet in the notation of A, in which the 2nd and 3rd groups of semiquavers are written an octave lower with the use of the octave sign, the error does not seem so striking:
category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in GE , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE |
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b. 115
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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In A there is no accidental before the penultimate semiquaver. The flat returning e2 was added in the proofreading of GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2), perhaps on Chopin's demand. Moreover, a cautionary was added before e1 in the L.H. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Authentic corrections of GE |