Issues : Authentic corrections of GE
b. 128
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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 |
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b. 146
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The change of the sign, written in A, to cresc. appearing in GE (→FE→EE) seems to be Chopin's correction. However, it cannot be excluded that the change was performed arbitrarily by the engraver of GE1, seeing that there is no place for such a long sign – over the notes it is the sign from the last bar that is an obstacle and between the staves it is the number 18, the slur and the in the part of the L.H. What is more, cresc. printed in FED was deleted and written closer to the end of the bar, which can be considered a confirmation of the inauthenticity of the change performed in GE1. However, due to the lack of conclusive arguments against the authenticity of the changes performed in the sources with a confirmed participation of Chopin – GE1 and FED – we consider all three source versions to be authentic and in the main text we give the latest, i.e. FED. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Authentic corrections of GE |
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b. 147
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The slur under the sextuplet, visible in A, was replaced with a phrase mark of a greater range in GE (→FE→EE) (the inaccurately engraved ending of this slur was corrected both in FE and GE2). The visible traces of corrections show that initially the slur started already from the d2 quaver. The last correction was certainly performed by Chopin; it cannot be excluded that the very addition of the slur was inspired by him. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of GE , Triplet slurs , Corrected slurs of Op. 21 in GE1 |
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b. 157
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The F quaver, present in A, is probably the original version – cf. the ascending sequence of bass in analogous bars in the recapitulation (bars 301, 303 and 305). In the main text we give D introduced most probably by Chopin in the proofreading of GE1 (→FE→EE) and analogous to preceding bars 151, 153 and 155. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: GE revisions , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of GE |
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b. 162-164
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The missing staccato dots in bar 162 in GE1 (→FE→EE) are certainly an oversight of the engraver of GE1 (cf. bars 156-160). Similarly, the absence of dots in bar 164 in A is also to be regarded as an oversight – in this bar, the last on the page, Chopin overlooked all articulation markings in the L.H. (dots and slurs). Dots were added in GE1 (→FE→EE); however, they were added also in the previous bar (163), which, as it seems, was not compliant with Chopin's intentions (cf. bar 161 and the note on slurs in bar 159). However, this does not exclude Chopin's participation in the proofreading, since the composer could have changed the concept of markings. According to us, it is a mistake at the time of performing the proofreading or an editorial revision that are more likely. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE , Inaccuracies in A |