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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

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b. 63

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

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We preserve the double flats written in A over the  signs, although they are not necessary from the formal point of view. GE1 (→FE→EE) did not include them. In addition, all editions overlooked the wavy lines after the  signs and GE1 (→FE→EE) omitted also the very  sign in the part of the L.H. (the latter is unseeable in A, in which its presence, however, undoubtedly results from the inserted wavy line and ). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 77

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

Arpeggio 3 bottom notes in A (→GE)

Arpeggio 4 notes in FE

Arpeggio 3 top notes in EE
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In the main text we preserve the range of the arpeggio wavy line visible in A and confirmed with its interpretation in GE. The longer sign in FE does not seem to be corrected in print, but the version can be regarded as equal – when writing the wavy line in A, Chopin may have not noticed that when he was writing the top part of the sign, there was a temporary shortage of ink. In turn, the placement of the arpeggio in EE is certainly arbitrary.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 85

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

Grace note & arpeggio sign in A

Grace note in GE1

Double grace note in FE (→EE)

Slur & grace note in GE2
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Both authentic notations of the ornament – A and FE (→EE) – mean the same performance. The mistake of GE1 originated from an unrecognised arpeggio sign in the vertical slur, which, at that period of Chopin's life, would increasingly replace the more accurately written signs in the form of a wavy line. The way the slur was added in GE2 caused that the proper sense of the Chopin notation was still not conveyed in this edition. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE