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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

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Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 75

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

in A (→GE1→FE→EE)

in GE2
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Placing the  sign only under the 4th demisemiquaver, as it is in A, is musically inexplicable. It is, according to us, related to the lack of space to write the indication at the beginning of the roulade or to the manner of placing indications in the middle of their scope of validity (and not at the beginning), sometimes used by Chopin. Taking that into account, in the main text we move the sign to the beginning of the 2nd half of the bar; a similar interpretation was performed in GE2. (In GE1 (→FE) the placement of the sign was reproduced slightly inaccurately, by shifting it a demisemiquaver to the left, which was changed in EE, probably by accident. We do not reproduce these differences, devoid of practical meaning, in the transcriptions).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Centrally placed marks

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. 84

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

 in A

 in GE

 in FE

 in EE
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The  sign, concerning the last two octaves of this phrase in A, was being gradually deformed in the editions, so that EE suggests a crescendo for the entire 2nd half of the bar. In the main text we preserve the notation of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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