Slurs
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b. 1-3
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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Upon seeing the slur of A led over the part of the L.H., impossible to reproduce in print in this form, the engraver of GE1 (→FE→EE) divided it into three parts to make it easier. According to us, the bottom slur is an addition by Chopin, who added a slur confirming the will expressed in A to embrace the part of the L.H. with one slur. In this context, it does not seem that Chopin would care about double slurs – the divided top slurs were most probably left in order to avoid an excessively complicated proofreading; it could have been a decision of the engraver or of Chopin. The added slur, although it is generally compliant with the slur of A, is, however, longer. Both versions make sense since the slur of A, led over the part of the L.H., reaches a category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE |
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b. 3-4
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The slur, combining in A the 4th beat of bar 3 with the chord at the beginning of bar 4, concerned the original (deleted) version of the last crotchet in bar 3, in which the b note was assigned to the L.H. and written on the bottom stave. As a result, one can ponder whether in the new notation of the chord ending bar 3 the sign was to be applied too. However, since Chopin did not delete the slur, we include it in the main text, adjusting only its shape to the present notation. Omission of the slur in the editions seems to be, however, understandable in the face of the described ambiguity. na c1 category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Corrections in A , Errors in GE , Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 3-4
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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In the main text, we give separated slurs of FE (→EE), corrected most probably by Chopin. GE2 also has similar slurs, probably as a result of a too literal interpretation of A, in which the added ending of the slur does not touch the preceding part. In EE and GE2 the slur in bar 4 was placed under the chords: in EE apart from the slur over the chords, in GE2 – as the only one. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 4-6
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The addition of slurs in the part of the L.H. may be considered a result of Chopin's proofreading. In the main text we preserve the equivalent notation of A, certainly authentic and more economical. Cf. the note to the 2nd mov., bars 57-61. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: GE revisions |
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b. 6-7
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The slur of A, although unfinished in bar 7 on a new page, clearly leads to the crotchet at the beginning of the bar, which was not reproduced in the editions. The slur of the L.H., added in EE and GE2, is certainly inauthentic. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions |
, which is then repeated, while the slur of 
