mUltimate Chopin

Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Errors of A

b. 320

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

Rhythm in A, literal interpretation

Rhythm in A, probable interpretation

Rhythm in A, interpretation suggested by the editors

GE1 (→FE→EE), contextual interpretation, GE2
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The first note in the top voice in A (→GE1→FE→EE) is an erroneous double dotted quaver. Moreover, the assignment of the middle note in the 1st chord is unclear; e2 – the head, devoid of a stem, could be combined with a2 in the top voice (as in the previous bar) or with d2 in the bottom one (as in analogous bar 170). The editions repeated the layout of the previous bar, at the same time assimilating the value of e2 with a2. The editors of mUltimate Chopin are inclined to the second possibility, suggesting in the main text a solution fully analogous with the version from the exposition.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 335

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

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The trilled note in A is an erroneous c2. A similar mistake, consisting in writing the upper second of the trilled note instead of the trilled note, while the performance of the trill begins from the upper second, was committed by Chopin also in the Bolero, Op. 19, bar 187 and in the Sonata in B minor, 3rd mov., bar 20. In GE1 (→FE→EE) the error was corrected, probably by Chopin, whereas GE2 returned to the erroneous text of A. See also the note in the next bar.

In the main text we add a cautionary  before b1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE