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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 28

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

Slur c2-b2 in A (literal reading) & GE2

Slur d2-b2 in A, contextual interpretation

Slur c2-a2 in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The starting point of the slur is unclear in A. According to us, it is more likely that it was supposed to run from the d2 crotchet, yet the interpretation adopted in GE2 is also possible. An earlier ending of the slur in the remaining editions must be considered an inaccuracy.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions

b. 29-30

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

Slur f2-c3 in A

Slur e2-a2 in GE1

Slur e2-b​2 in FE (→EE)

Slur e2-c3 in GE2
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The range of the slur of A seems to be clear, in spite of this, it was not reproduced in this form in any of the editions. While an earlier beginning of the slur may be considered to be justified by a comparison with analogous bar 27, an earlier ending does not find any explanation in the notation of A and it is an example of a tendentious interpretation of slurs by the engraver of GE1, in addition, performed inaccurately, which was corrected in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , FE revisions

b. 29

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

 for 3 quavers in A

 for 4 quavers in GE1

 for 6 quavers in FE (→EE) & GE2
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We reproduce the moment of the beginning of the  hairpin in the main text on the basis of A. In GE1 it was moved a quaver earlier (adjusted to a half of the bar); however, due to a clumsy layout of the text, the sign seems to be reaching until the e2 minim and it was interpreted so both in FE (→EE) and GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 31-35

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

3 slurs in A, contextual interpretation

4 slurs in GE1 (→FE→EE)

3 slurs in GE2
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The slurring of A is inaccurate at the transition between the pages: the slur at the end of the page (bar 32) suggests a continuation, yet there is not any ending on a new page (bar 33). To make matters worse, the next slur, beginning from the syncopated b1 note, is written with great flourish, which probably convinced the engraver of GE1 (→FE→EE) that the division of the slur appears here on the bar line. Nevertheless, there is no excuse for distortions of phrasing in bars 31-32 and 33-34. As a whole, the fragment is one of the most striking examples of misunderstanding and disregard of the Chopin slurring by the engraver of GE1. It is worth adding that the last slur was led to the end of the phrase in bar 35 only in the proofreading: initially, bars 31-34 contained four one-bar slurs.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Corrected slurs of Op. 21 in GE1

b. 31-32

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

Tie to f1 in A (→GE)

Slur in FE (→EE)
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The Chopin manner of writing ties as short curved lines placed close to a second note caused an inaccurate and misleading reproduction of the tie of f1 by GE1. In FE (→EE) the curved line was given an unambiguous form of a phrase mark, combining the last quaver in bar 31 (b) with the 1st crotchet in bar 32.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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