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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 127

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

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In A one can see that the roulade had initially only 14 notes, since the c2 note was inserted later. Strictly speaking, Chopin remade the original c2 to a  and added one note (c2) to the left-hand side and a second (c2) to the right-hand side. He also changed the marking of the number of notes in the group from 14 to 15.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A

b. 127

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

15 notes in A

14 notes in GE (→FE→EE)
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It is unclear whether the version of the editions, with the run comprising only 14 notes, without e2, should be regarded as an engraver's mistake or Chopin's correction. Unnatural spacing of notes in GE1 could point to a deletion of a note, however there are no visible traces of changes in print like tiny remnants of the original text. We thus adopt into the main text the undoubtedly Chopinesque version of A. Cf. similar problem in the 2nd movement of the Concerto, bar 80.

In all editions except GE2, this 14-notes long group is marked with a 15, left over from the A version.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 128

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

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In A there is no accidental before the 2nd crotchet of the middle voice. It is certainly an oversight – d2 was already at the beginning of the 2nd half of the previous bar, suggesting a modulation to E major (the suggestion is even clearer in an analogous phrase in bars 275-276). The naturals are explicitly present in the four remaining similar places (bars 40, 48, 136 and 284). The sign was added already in GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2), perhaps as a result of Chopin's intervention.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE , Last key signature sign

b. 128

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

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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The fingering in FED was written probably by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 128-129

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

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In the main text we add cautionary flats before e1.

category imprint: Editorial revisions