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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 148-149

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

Slur to g1 in A & FED

Slur to a1 in GE (→FE→EE)
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In spite of the correction of the slur of A, which Chopin extended to the g1 crotchet, the editions embraced with it only the group of small notes. Chopin restored the correct phrasing with an entry in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Inaccuracies in GE , Corrections in A

b. 148

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

No sign in A (→GE)

Pause in FE (→EE)
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The fermata was added probably by Chopin in the proofreading of FE (→EE). The composer probably paid attention to the clumsy layout of the text, in which the group of small quavers starts directly after the c4 crotchet.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 148

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

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In the majority of the sources, the  raising d2 to d2 is not before the note but 7 notes earlier, before d3 written at the same pitch, which in that time was generally considered to be enough. Strictly speaking, the sign is not necessary there at all, since d3 written at the pitch of d2 is already on the 4th note of the roulade – this observation most probably made the reviser of GE2 remove the sign before the second d3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 148

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

 in A

 in GE

 in FE

 in EE
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In the main text we place the  asterisk preserving the visible in A relations between particular elements of notation – , the rest in the L.H. and the roulade in the R.H. In GE (→FE) the sign was printed just after the chord in the L.H., still before the roulade (GE) or at its beginning (FE). It is hard to say whether it is only an inaccuracy or whether it was assumed that if it is to appear before the rest, whose value in the part of the R.H. is filled with small quavers of the roulade, it has to be placed before them. The astonishing compliance between EE and A, to which the English editor did not have access, also requires an explanation. According to us, it is a result of an extremely dense notation – having no possibility of reproducing the notation of FE, since the  sign would fall already over the end of the  sign, the engraver moved it slightly so that taking pedal made sense.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 148

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

 on quaver f in A (→GE1→FE)

 on chord in EE & GE2
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In A the  sign concerns the F quaver, which can be also deduced from the inaccurate notation of GE1 (→FE). However, in EE and GE2 the sign was moved towards the four-note chord so that it clearly changed its sense – delaying the moment of pressing pedal by one quaver deprives the chord of an audible bass note. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies