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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Omissions to cancel alteration

b. 117-118

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

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None of the sources returned b1 in bar 117 and b2 in bar 118, which is a patent oversight. In turn, EE added cautionary flats before the next semiquaver in both bars, b2 and b3 respectively. We include the second of the signs in the main text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 119-120

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

f in sources, literal reading

f, contextual interpretation suggested by the editors
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There is no accidental before the 4th semiquaver in the 2nd half of bar 119, which means that it should be read as f3. Similarly, in the next bar a corresponding note, when interpreted literally, is an f2. What is more, in FED Chopin added fingering over the discussed note and did not question its sound. In spite of this, an oversight of naturals returning f3(2) seems to be highly likely: 

  • the preceding f is included in the fragment of a chromatic scale and most probably both Chopin and the pupil considered them not as a separate alteration, but as a part of the chromatic sequence from f to c.
  • reaching the discussed notes, both Chopin writing A and the pupil performing at the lesson were already most probably thinking about the last crotchet in the bar with its clearly diminished four-note chord, including an f, and not an f.

Taking into account the above, in the main text we add naturals before those notes.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A

b. 139

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

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In A Chopin overlooked the  restoring a1, which was not noticed in any of the editions. Similarly in analogous bar 287.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

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

b. 139

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

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In A Chopin overlooked the  returning d2. The patent error was corrected in EE2 (→EE3) and GE2. A flat was added also – probably by Chopin – in FED.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 169-170

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

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The flats restoring e at the beginning of the 2nd half of the bar are missing in both bars in A (→GE). The mistake was corrected in FE (→EE), probably at Chopin's demand. Similarly in analogous bars 319-320.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors in GE , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE