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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 316

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

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In GE1 (→FE→EE) there is no cautionary  before G at the beginning of the bar, added in A later with a foreign hand. In the main text we include this sign, facilitating the interpretation.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 322-324

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

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Three flats before g notes visible in A, written later with a foreign hand, were not included in GE1. The same applies to the cautionary  before G at the beginning of bar 324. The natural harmonic context allows to guess the correct text even without these signs; however, all doubts are dissipated by the Chopin proofreading of FE (→EE), in which all necessary flats in bar 322 were added as well as a cautionary  before A at the end of bar 323 and E at the end of bar 324. GE2 included the signs added in A, adding also a fourth one, a necessary  in bar 322 (before the penultimate semiquaver).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Authentic corrections of FE