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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

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. 190

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

in A (→GE)

No marking in FE (→EE)
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The omission of  in FE (→EE) could have been a result of Chopin's proofreading, and it was almost certainly accepted by him. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 192

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

in A & GE2

No marking in FE (→EE)
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The omission of  in FE (→EE) could have been a result of Chopin's proofreading and it was almost certainly accepted by him.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 194-196

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

Dashes in bar 194 in A

No dashes in GE1

Dashes in FE (→EE)

Dashes up to bar 195 in GE2
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The dashes marking the range of cresc. are led in A only to just after the middle of bar 194. However, Chopin most probably meant a crescendo to  in bar 195, which was reproduced accurately in GE2.
Omissions of signs – in GE1 – are a quite frequent inaccuracy in first editions of Chopin's works.
While proofreading FE, the composer added dashes throughout three bars, at the same time most probably removing  in bar 195 and changing  to  in bar 197. It is the last version that we adopt in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 195

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

 from 2nd chord in A & GE2

 from 1st chord in GE1

No indication in FE (→EE)
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The  indication in A is written only before the semiquaver, hence after the 1st chord in the bar. It is compliant with indications of Morch and it is most probably compatible with Chopin's intention. Moving the sign to the beginning of the bar is almost certainly an arbitrary decision of the engraver of GE, by the way justified, since some of Chopin indications placed in a similar way are to be interpreted as valid exactly from the beginning of the bar. Chopin most probably removed  while proofreading FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

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