Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 6-7

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

Slur to f2 in A (literal reading→GE1FE)

Slur up to e2 in A, contextual interpretation

Slurs in both hands in EE & GE2

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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

b. 8

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

Slur up to f2 in A

Slur to g2 in GE (→FEEE)

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Admittedly, the slur of A does not reach the very end of the motif, yet it was extended, which proves that Chopin meant a sign embracing all notes in the R.H. in this bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 8-9

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

Slur up to bar 9 in A

Slur only in bar 8 in GE (→FEEE)

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While the slur of A ends in bar 9, it is not obvious whether it is actually supposed to reach the quaver. Therefore, the interpretation of GE (→FEEE) is equally justified.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 20-21

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

Beginnings of slurs in sources

Beginnings of slurs suggested by the editors

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In the main text we move the beginnings of the slurs, so that they do not suggest a later commencement of the motifs, which, according to us, start from the syncopated, accented crotchets.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 23-25

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

2 slurs in A, probable interpretation

3 slurs in GE1 (→FEEE)

2 slurs in A (possible interpretation) & GE2

Our alternative suggestion

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The range of the slurs in the L.H. in A is unclear; in the main text we give the most likely interpretation. The slurring of GE1 (→FEEE) is probably a combination of the initial inaccuracy of the engraver of GE1 and the later, perhaps authentic, proofreading of this edition. We suggest a proposal of conciliating this version with the notation of A as an alternative version.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE