Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A
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b. 115-116
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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Division of the slur at the bar line is a typical arbitrary decision of GE (→FE→EE), in this case justified by the not entirely clear notation of A at the transition between the pages. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 115-116
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The slurs in the L.H. (including the tie) are written in these bars either inaccurately or erroneously in the majority of the sources. The variants related to the sustention or repetition of e category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , FE revisions |
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b. 119-122
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The interpretation of the slurring of A in these bars, supported by the rhythmic notation (separated semiquavers in bar 120 and minims in bars 121-122), is beyond any doubt. However, at an attempt to interpret the slurs literally, they can seem to be misleading – both separated semiquavers in bar 120 seem to be at the same time the last and first notes of subsequent slurs; the phenomenon is even clearer in bars 121-122. Admittedly, in GE1 the slurs were reproduced correctly, in accordance with the musical sense, yet it is already a result of an intense proofreading – in the entire line of GE1, spanning bars 119-121, one can see traces of correction of slurs, probably more than once (in bar 120 traces indicate deletion of two slurs of a different, yet partially overlapping range). Two phases of proofreading, out of which the first did not yield satisfactory results, may suggest that Chopin, having seen a great number of errors, ordered to perform the proofreading after A in the first phase and it was only in the second phase that he personally marked the still remaining, substantial inaccuracies. category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Corrected slurs of Op. 21 in GE1 |
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b. 125
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The slurs of A could be interpreted as GE (→FE→EE) did, since the slur in bar 126 (on a new page) begins over the 1st note in the bar. However, the shape of the slur does not exclude continuation, whereas the slur in bar 125 is clearly dragged beyond the bar line, which makes the intention of a continuous slur much more likely. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 135-136
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The range and placement of the slur in A are unclear. According to us, it may refer to the quavers in the top voice, as it was interpreted in the editions (except for EE1, in which the slur was overlooked) but also to the crotchet of the bottom voice, leading to the b category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
1 at the transition between bars 115 and 116 are discussed in the adjacent 
