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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 273

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

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The cautionary flat before b2 is present in A (→GE), yet it was overlooked in FE (already at the stage of the text's planning – no place for the sign was provided). It was readded in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Cautionary accidentals

b. 288

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

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In A (→GE1→FE) there are no accidentals in the last group of semiquavers. In EE the necessary  returning f2 on the last semiquaver was added, whereas in GE2 and EE3 two cautionary flats at the beginning of this group, before b2 and a2 (in the main text we include only the first one).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 294

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

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In the main text we add cautionary flats before e2 and a. In turn, we omit the unjustified  before d1 present in the sources.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 302-304

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

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In bars 302 and 304, Chopin placed a natural before the b2 crotchet in A (→GE1→FE→EE). In the main text we omit those superfluous signs. The naturals were removed also in GE2. The signs reveal Chopin's way of thinking, considering the top and bottom voices independently – cf. the 3rd mov. of the Concerto, bar 422.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 306

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

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The cautionary flat before e3 was added – perhaps by Chopin – in the proofreading of GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of GE