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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 185

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

 from 3rd quaver in A

 from 5. quaver in GE (→FE→EE)
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The later started  sign is a typical inaccuracy of the engraver of GE1, who would adjust hairpins and slurs to beams or bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 186

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

f2 in the chord in A

No f2 in the chord in GE (→FE→EE)
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The missing f1 in the editions is almost certainly a result of an oversight of the engraver of GE1, since one can see neither traces nor reasons for a possible removal of this note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 186

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

No marks in sources

Accents suggested by the editors
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It seems to be likely that the missing accents in the L.H. are Chopin's inadvertence – cf. accents in the previous bar.

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b. 187

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

b1 in A & GE2

c2 in GE1

e1-c2 in FE (→EE)
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The b1 note on the 5th quaver in the bottom voice (our main text) is written in A and confirmed in parts of oboes and clarinets in Morch. GE1 most probably has erroneous c2 here, which, in the proofreading of FE (→EE), was replaced with an e1-c2 sixth. It is very likely that the proofreading was introduced by Chopin himself; however, it does not prove that he wanted to change the version written in ½A in this way – it could have been an ad hoc correction of the erroneous version of GE1. In this situation, we consider the less pianistically convenient version of FE, in which the consistent harmonic sequence in ½A (cf. the previous bar) was distorted, to be only a variant. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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

b. 188

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

Dots for R.H. in A (→GE→FE)

No marks in EE

Dots for both hands suggested by the editors
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In such a context, the staccato dots written over the R.H. (as it is in A, GE and FE) are valid also in the L.H. In the main text, we suggest adding signs in the L.H. due to the added accents in the previous bar and change of the placement of the dots in the R.H.
The absence of the signs in EE must be an oversight.

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