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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 101

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

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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In the main text we give the fingering written in FED in an analogous situation in bar 102 – cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 17.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 101

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

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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See the adjacent note.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 101-103

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

Dashes to middle of bar 103 in A

No signs in GE1 (→FE→EE)

cresc. - - to end of bar 103 in FED

Dashes to end of bar 103 in GE2

Dashes to end of bar 103 suggested by the editors
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The missing dashes marking the range of cresc. is a typical inaccuracy of GE1 (→FE→EE). The dashes were added in GE2, leading them – differently than in A – to  in bar 104. According to us, the notation of A is indeed inaccurate, hence in the main text we suggest an appropriate extension of the dashes' range.
The not too legible entry in bars 102-103 in FED most probably means cresc. up to the end of bar 103, which would confirm our decision of marking its range this way.  

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 101-103

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:

  • GE (→FE) did add two naturals in bar 103, yet a mistake was committed at the same time – it was c2 and d2 instead of d2 and e2 that were deleted;
  • in EE1 (→EE2) one of the added signs was removed, the superfluous  before c2;
  • in EE3 the version of EE2 was completed with a  raising e2 to e2.

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

b. 102

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

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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FED includes the fingering coming from a lesson with Chopin. In the main text we include it in an analogous figure a bar earlier.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED