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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
A
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. 20

 in A, probable reading

 in A (possible reading→GE→FE→EE)

The upper arm of the  sign in A is clearly longer than the lower. In the main text we adopt the most likely, according to us, interpretation in which the sign reaches the accented chord on the 4th beat of the bar. In GE (→FE→EE) the influence of  is limited to the 1st half of the bar.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in A

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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