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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 154

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

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In ½A Chopin would try to avoid writing on the cello stave, as a result of which he wrote both  signs before respective bass notes. It also contributed to an earlier placement of the  sign, with respect to analogous bar 152, which in GE1 (→FE) was moved even closer to the beginning of the bar. EE and GE2 introduced some changes in the placement of the signs too (GE2 after A). In the main text we give an interpretation of the notation of A compliant with bar 152.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 155

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

Pedalling in A

Pedalling in GE (→FE)

Pedalling in EE

Pedalling suggested by the editors
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According to us, the pedalling of A is written inaccurately in this bar, which was probably caused by the transition to a new page and distraction at the time of writing the same bar for the third time – in bar 157 the pedalling is again compliant with bars 151 and 153. The versions of the editions are certainly arbitrary  – cf. bars 151-153.

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issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 172

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

No sign in sources

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The absence of the  sign in this place is undoubtedly Chopin's oversight, which may have been caused by the transition to a new page (the sign would fall at the end of page of A).

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issues: No pedal release mark , Inaccuracies in A

b. 179-180

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

 in A & GE2

No markings in GE1 (→FE→EE)

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The omission of the  sign in GE1 (→FE→EE) is certainly an oversight. The sign was added in GE2 after A. Chopin did not mark the moment of pedal release, considering it to be obvious or he simply forgot it. In the main text we suggest adding a  in the spirit of the Chopin harmonic pedalling. Cf. bars 335-336.

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issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 201

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

 in A, contextual interpretation

 in GE & EE2 (→EE3)

No pedal markings in FE (→EE1)
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The  sign is written in A before the b minim, which may have mislead the engraver of GE1; however, nothing indicates that Chopin's intention would be pressing the pedal from the beginning of the bar. From the practical point of view, pressing the pedal in the middle of the bar is the only solution enabling to clearly hold the c-b-c1-e1 chord during the entire 2nd half of the bar. The absence of pedalling in FE (→EE1) is most probably a result of an oversight.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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