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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 190

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

in A (→GE)

No marking in FE (→EE)
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The omission of  in FE (→EE) could have been a result of Chopin's proofreading, and it was almost certainly accepted by him. 

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issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 192

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

in A & GE2

No marking in FE (→EE)
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The omission of  in FE (→EE) could have been a result of Chopin's proofreading and it was almost certainly accepted by him.

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b. 194-196

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

Dashes in bar 194 in A

No dashes in GE1

Dashes in FE (→EE)

Dashes up to bar 195 in GE2
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The dashes marking the range of cresc. are led in A only to just after the middle of bar 194. However, Chopin most probably meant a crescendo to  in bar 195, which was reproduced accurately in GE2.
Omissions of signs – in GE1 – are a quite frequent inaccuracy in first editions of Chopin's works.
While proofreading FE, the composer added dashes throughout three bars, at the same time most probably removing  in bar 195 and changing  to  in bar 197. It is the last version that we adopt in the main text.

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b. 195

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

 from 2nd chord in A & GE2

 from 1st chord in GE1

No indication in FE (→EE)
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The  indication in A is written only before the semiquaver, hence after the 1st chord in the bar. It is compliant with indications of Morch and it is most probably compatible with Chopin's intention. Moving the sign to the beginning of the bar is almost certainly an arbitrary decision of the engraver of GE, by the way justified, since some of Chopin indications placed in a similar way are to be interpreted as valid exactly from the beginning of the bar. Chopin most probably removed  while proofreading FE (→EE).

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b. 197

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

in A (→GE)

in FE (→EE)
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Replacing  with  is almost certainly a result of Chopin's proofreading in FE (→EE), hence in the main text we give the latter.

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