Issues : Accidentals in different octaves
b. 21-22
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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In A three necessary accidentals are missing: the raising E to E in bar 21, the lowering g1 to g1 and the raising A1 to A1 in bar 22. The first two out of these patent inaccuracies were corrected already in GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2), yet the third only in EE and GE2. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 24
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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A does not have an accidental before the topmost note in the 1st chord. The patent inaccuracy was corrected in GE (→FE→EE). category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 101-103
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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The notation of accidentals in the figurations in these bars is both refined and inaccurate in A. Chopin took care of the cautionary signs (naturals before the topmost c2, c3 and c4 notes and flats before d1 and d3 in the ending of bars 101 and 103); however, he omitted a number of necessary signs – naturals returning c2 and c3 at the beginning of the last group in bars 102 and 103 and naturals raising d2 to d2 and e2 to e2 in bar 103. The editions addressed only the last two mentioned inaccuracies:
In the main text we give all necessary signs and we add a cautionary before d2 in bar 102. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 109-110
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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In both bars there are no accidentals both before the 12th and the 13th semiquavers in A. The flats added in the proofreading of GE (→FE→EE) – almost certainly by Chopin – confirm that we are dealing here with a rare case of a fourfold composer's error, who overlooked both the naturals altering d2 to d2 and flats returning d2. Both necessary naturals were added in EE and the first of them (in bar 109) also in GE2. This kind of mistake may seem implausible, yet in the notation of A, in which the 2nd and 3rd groups of semiquavers are written an octave lower with the use of the octave sign, the error does not seem so striking:
category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in GE , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE |
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b. 113
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I
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In A a before the bottom note of the octave in the L.H. at the beginning of the bar is missing, as well as before the 3rd semiquaver in the R.H. in the 2nd half of the bar (d1). In turn, Chopin repeated a before B, the 2nd semiquaver in the L.H. In GE1 (→FE) only the missing before the octave was added, while in EE and GE2 – both necessary naturals. Moreover, EE3 added a cautionary before b in the L.H. in the 3rd group of semiquavers; the sign was also added in FED. In the main text we add two necessary naturals and we remove the superfluous sign before the 2nd semiquaver in the L.H. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Inaccuracies in A |