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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 5-6

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

1 staccato mark in A

3 dots in GE1

2 dots in FE (→EE)

4 dots in GE2
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In GE, staccato dots under the C-c octaves were added together with the slurs. In FE (→EE) the one in bar 5 was overlooked, perhaps deliberately, taking into account the lack of a corresponding sign in the part of the R.H. GE2 completed unification of the notation of the pairs of chords in these bars, which, judging on the notation of A, did not fall within Chopin's intention. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 29

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

 for 3 quavers in A

 for 4 quavers in GE1

 for 6 quavers in FE (→EE) & GE2
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We reproduce the moment of the beginning of the  hairpin in the main text on the basis of A. In GE1 it was moved a quaver earlier (adjusted to a half of the bar); however, due to a clumsy layout of the text, the sign seems to be reaching until the e2 minim and it was interpreted so both in FE (→EE) and GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 31-32

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

Tie to f1 in A (→GE)

Slur in FE (→EE)
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The Chopin manner of writing ties as short curved lines placed close to a second note caused an inaccurate and misleading reproduction of the tie of f1 by GE1. In FE (→EE) the curved line was given an unambiguous form of a phrase mark, combining the last quaver in bar 31 (b) with the 1st crotchet in bar 32.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 51-52

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

Slur in A

Slur in GE

Slur in FE (→EE)

Slur suggested by the editors
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According to us, all source versions of the slurring of the motif beginning in bar 51 are inaccurate. The bar is the last on the page in A, which would often contribute to inaccuracies in the notation of slurs (cf. e.g. bars 31-35). Nothing indicates that moving the beginning of the slur in GE1 and FE could have been a result of Chopin's proofreading: the first does not influence the meaning of the sign, while the result of the second is a slur contrary to the authentic articulation and dynamic markings (staccato on the 1st chord in the bar and   ). Therefore, in the main text we suggest a slur that is present in all sources in an analogous situation in the next bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 51-54

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

Long accents in A

Different accents in GE1

Short accents in FE (→EE) & GE2
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Out of four long accents written in A, GE1 reproduced correctly only the first and third, which was unified in the remaining editions, by giving short accents only. It is a result of considering long accents either inaccurately written common accents or short diminuendoes. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE