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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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b. 12-14

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

Dashes up to bar 13 in A & GE2

No dashes in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Dashes up to bar 14 suggested by the editors
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Omissions of dashes, marking the range of a dynamic (or agogic) change, is a very frequent inaccuracy in first editions of Chopin's works. According to us, Chopin marked the range of the crescendo inaccurately – in A the dashes simply end at the end of the page; such situations would often result in missing endings of such elements of notation as slurs, dynamic hairpins or the very dashes after verbal indications in autographs (and other kinds of sources).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 50

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

Dashes in A

 in GE (→FE→EE)
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Omissions of dashes marking the range of a dynamic change is a typical inaccuracy of Chopin first editions. The  sign, added perhaps by Chopin in the proofreading of GE1, seems to be an ad hoc attempt to correct this inaccuracy, see the adjacent note. Due to this reason, in the main text we leave the notation of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 51

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

 in A

 in GE (→FE→EE)

 suggested by the editors
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The  indication is written in A on the border of the bottom stave (at the height of the motif in the L.H.), as a result of which in GE (→FE→EE) it was assigned to the L.H. and placed under the bottom stave. According to us, it does not correspond to Chopin's intention and  – in spite of a somewhat misleading placement – refers to the parts of both hands.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 101-103

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

Dashes to middle of bar 103 in A

No signs in GE1 (→FE→EE)

cresc. - - to end of bar 103 in FED

Dashes to end of bar 103 in GE2

Dashes to end of bar 103 suggested by the editors
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The missing dashes marking the range of cresc. is a typical inaccuracy of GE1 (→FE→EE). The dashes were added in GE2, leading them – differently than in A – to  in bar 104. According to us, the notation of A is indeed inaccurate, hence in the main text we suggest an appropriate extension of the dashes' range.
The not too legible entry in bars 102-103 in FED most probably means cresc. up to the end of bar 103, which would confirm our decision of marking its range this way.  

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 111

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

2  in A (literal reading→GE1)

2  in A (contextual interpretation) & EE2 (→EE3)

No markings in FE (→EE1)

One  in GE2
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When interpreted literally, both  are written in A in a way it was performed in GE1. However, according to us, the second sign concerns the quaver motif in the L.H. and this is the interpretation we give in the main text. It is difficult to state why FE (→EE1) did not print any of those signs; it was probably due to distraction. In GE2 the second sign was considered superfluous and it was removed. In this context, one has to acknowledge the intuition of the reviser of EE2 (→EE3) who found the correct solution only on the basis of GE1, hence not having seen A.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions