Issues : GE revisions

b. 59

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

Slur in A

GE1 (→FEEE)

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The slur of A is not absolutely unambiguous, yet its interpretation in GE1 (→FEEE) is certainly erroneous. The slur in GE2 may be considered an acceptable interpretation; however, in the main text we assume that in A each of six slurs in bars 59-62 embraces a motif made of four semiquavers and a crotchet. See also bar 61.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions

b. 59-62

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

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In A the part of the L.H. is written in an abbreviated manner as a sequence of minims provided with signs of a quaver tremolo. In GE1 the notation was repeated only in bars 61-62. In the remaining editions all abbreviations were explained, as in the main text.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Abbreviated notation of A , FE revisions

b. 60

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

Long accent in A

 in GE1 (→FEEE)

 in GE2

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The typical long accent visible in A was falsely reproduced in the editions as a diminuendo hairpin, which would frequently happen in Chopin's works – cf. e.g. the Etude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2, bar 8 and 12.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 63

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

No mark in A, FE (→EE) & GE2

Dot in GE1

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The staccato dot on the last crotchet is certainly a mistake of the engraver of GE1. The error was not repeated in any of the remaining editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 63-64

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

Slur in A (contextual interpretation)

No slur in GE (→FEEE)

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The slur, started in A in bar 63, the last on the page, was not finished on a new page. According to us, one should assume that Chopin's intention was to write in the part of the L.H. a slur of the same range as in the complete slur of the R.H.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Errors of A