Issues : GE revisions

b. 34

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

Slurs from 2nd quaver in A, EE & GE2

Slurs from 1st quaver in GE1

Different slurs in FE

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The slurs in A begin from the 2nd quaver of half-bar figures. The first, discussed separately, could be considered to be unclear, yet other slurs in similar figures do not leave any doubt about Chopin's intention. In spite of this, in GE1 each of the slurs embraces a half of the bar. Shortening the 1st slur in FE is probably only an inaccuracy; however, it could have encouraged the engraver of EE to shorten the 2nd slur too. The slurs compatible with A were introduced also in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 35

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

2 staccato dots in A & EE

No marks in GE1 (→FE)

1 dot in GE2

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The missing dots in GE1 (→FE) is certainly an oversight. The signs were added in EE, probably by analogy (see also the adjacent note). The absence of the 2nd dot in GE2 is also a patent mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 35

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

Long accent in A

No mark in GE1 (→FEEE)

Short accent in GE2

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Omission of the accent in GE1 (→FEEE) is certainly a mistake. The reviser of GE2 restored the sign (in the form of a short accent).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 36

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

Long accent in A

Short accent in GE1

No mark in FE (→EE)

Short accent in GE2

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The sign of an accent in GE1 is doubly inaccurate: short and placed after the chord it concerns in the very legible notation of A. Overlooked in FE (→EE), it was moved to the right place in GE2 (without changes in shape).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 38

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

3 slurs in A

FE (→EE)

2 slurs in GE2

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In the main text we give the slurring of A, since nothing indicates a later Chopin intervention in any of the editions. In GE1 the first two slurs of A were reproduced inaccurately to such an extent that their range was actually changed. This is how, already without ambiguities, they were printed in FE (→EE). The extension of the third slur is most probably a mistake of the engraver of FE (→EE) while the version of GE2, in which the middle slur was overlooked, is certainly arbitrary.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions