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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
FE1
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. 84

Tenuto slur in A

Ordinary slur in GE (→FE→EE)

According to us, the slur in A is an example of a slur-tenuto, encountered on a number of occasions in Chopin's autographs. In the editions, the ending of the slur, dragged too far, was considered inaccurate.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE, Tenuto slurs

notation: Slurs

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