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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Errors of A

b. 85

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

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A typical Chopin oversight – a missing  restoring e2 – was not corrected in any of the editions. It is particularly bizarre in FE where the  before e2 was removed, unnecessarily repeated on the 4th semiquaver in A (→GE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors in GE , Cautionary accidentals , Errors of A , FE revisions

b. 93

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

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The  overlooked by Chopin in A and restoring f2 was added already in GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 105-107

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

b. 107

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

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In A (→GE1→FE) the dot extending the value of the crotchet was inadvertently written next to f1. The mistake was corrected in EE and GE2. The traces of erasures visible in A suggest that Chopin first inadvertently wrote dots next to both notes and then he mistook them again, deleting the one that should have stayed.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors of A

b. 107-108

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.
In analogous bars 105-106, Chopin wrote in A both signs, which suggests that at the time of writing a repeating phrase, the composer's concentration broke (cf. bar 107). It increases the likelihood of oversights of ties at the end of bar 108.

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