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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Long accents

b. 135

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

Long accent between in A

Short L.H. accent in GE

No mark in FE (→EE)

Long R.H. accent suggested by the editors
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The long accent in A is written in the middle between the staves, so it is unknown to which hand it should be assigned. A comparison with analogous bar 283 proves that Chopin most probably meant accenting the R.H. In GE it was assigned to the L.H. (as a short accent) and in FE (→EE) it was overlooked.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 137

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

Long accents in A

Short accents in GE (→FE→EE)
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In spite of the difference in the size, we consider both accents of A in this bar to be long – cf. a similar situation in the following bar, 138.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 138

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

Long accents in A

Short accents in GE

Short accents in FE (→EE)

Long accents suggested by the editors
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Both accents in A are typical long accents, which was not reproduced in the editions. Moving the first under the 3rd quaver is almost certainly a mistake of the engraver of FE (→EE), who adapted this half of the bar to the adjacent ones. In the main text we move the first accent over f2, in accordance with the notation used by Chopin in the recapitulation (bar 285), more accurate according to us. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 141-142

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

Different accents in A (→GE→FE)

Short accents in EE
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EE unified the font of the accents in these bars, by arbitrarily changing two long accents in bar 142 and the vertical accent in bar 143 to common, short accents. It is particularly strange in the case of the vertical accent, since it was the signs with which EE would eagerly replace Chopin short or long accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions

b. 144

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

Long accent in A

 in GE (→FE→EE)
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Even if we consider the sign of A to be , the editions reproduced it inaccurately, extending it until the 4th quaver. However, the sign in A is almost certainly a long accent – cf. a sign of the same length on the last crotchet as well as a number of others, e.g. in bars 118-120, 125, 133.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE