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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
GE1
Main text
½A - Semi-autograph
A - Autograph of the piano part
Morch - Manuscript of the orchestra part
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Retouched impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
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  b. 89

 whole bar in A

 half bar in GE (→FE→EE)

The shorter  hairpin in the editions is most probably a result of inaccuracy of the engraver of GE1, who, wishing to avoid troubles with fitting in such a long sign, could have considered its earlier beginning to be superfluous in the face of the verbal crescendo indication.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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