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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 111

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

No fingering in A (→GE)

'1' in FE (→EE)
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Chopin added the one on the last quaver in the proofreading of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 135

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

Crotchet e in A (→GE)

Dotted minim in FE (→EE)
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Extending the value of e is undoubtedly a result of the Chopin proofreading of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 138

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

e2 repeated in A (→GE)

e2 tied in FE (→EE)
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The tie of e2 was added by Chopin in the proofreading of FE (→EE) as one of the three additions in the 2nd half of the bar (cf. notes on pedalling and sempre legato). It is a characteristic Chopin pianistic procedure, ensuring strict legato of a melody led in chords (cf. e.g. the Polonaise in Amajor, Op. 53, bar 97). We suggest this change also in bar 286.  

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 138

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

No pedalling in A (→GE)

Pedalling in FE (→EE)
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Chopin added the pedalling in the proofreading of FE (→EE). It is a third addition – next to the tie of e2 and sempre legato – introduced in this proofreading.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 139

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

No indication in A (→GE) & EE

sempre legato in FE
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Chopin added sempre legato in the proofreading of FE, probably considering the accompaniment in this and two subsequent bars, devoid of slurs, requiring more precise articulation – in an analogous place in the recapitulation the L.H. is provided with slurs. In EE, in which the slurs were added here, sempre legato was omitted, which can be regarded as a rational solution, compliant with economy of indications, generally characteristic for the Chopin notation. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Legato & slurs