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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 139

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

7 notes & b1 in A (→GE) & FED

8 notes & b1 in FE (→EE1)

8 notes & b1 in EE2 (→EE3)
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In FE (→EE) the a1 quaver was doubled, as a result of which the entire group includes 8 notes. In the 1st half of the bar, FE committed two evident mistakes more: the mordent was overlooked as well as the  raising the second b1 to b1 (see also notes in the 2nd half of the bar). In FED Chopin corrected two mistakes: he deleted the superfluous a1 and added the missing . The accumulation of mistakes of FE in this bar must be surprising, particularly if we take into account Chopin's proofreading both in FE1 and FE2 (cf. bar 138). It is also puzzling why, in spite of revisions performed in subsequent impressions of EE (even in this bar), no attempt at indicating the actual number of notes in the group was made, not to mention introducing the correct version of GE1, which was taken into consideration already at the time of revising EE2. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 139

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

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FE (→EE1) overlooked the  raising b1 to b1. Chopin corrected this mistake in FED. A natural was added also in EE2 (→EE3), probably on the basis of comparison with GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED

b. 139

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

 in A

 & dot in GE & EE2 (→EE3)

Dot in FE (→EE1)
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The omission of the mordent in FE (→EE1) is certainly a mistake – it is hard to imagine that Chopin could have not noticed the remaining mistakes while possibly removing the ornament. However, it should be emphasised that in FED Chopin did not add , in spite of having corrected two other mistakes in the 1st half of the bar. The sign was added in EE2 (→EE3), probably after GE1. The staccato dot present in the sources is a result of a mistake of GE1 – see the note above. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 139

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

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In A Chopin overlooked the  returning d2. The patent error was corrected in EE2 (→EE3) and GE2. A flat was added also – probably by Chopin – in FED.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 141-142

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

Different accents in A (→GE→FE)

Short accents in EE
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EE unified the font of the accents in these bars, by arbitrarily changing two long accents in bar 142 and the vertical accent in bar 143 to common, short accents. It is particularly strange in the case of the vertical accent, since it was the signs with which EE would eagerly replace Chopin short or long accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions