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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

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b. 59-62

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

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In FES, Chopin sketchily marked changes in the pairs of chords forming cues of the orchestral part at the transition of bars 59-60 and 61-62. In the first pair, he changed the bottom note of the R.H. chord in bar 59 from d2 to b1; necessity of omitting the octaves of the L.H. results directly from assigning to the left hand the harmonic triplet figuration. In bars 61-62 the marking is even less clear – only at the beginning of bar 62 a crotchet stem is added, indicating the addition of the note d2 to the R.H. sixth f2-d3; analogous complement (note e2) to the R.H. crotchet should undoubtedly also be applied to the previous chord in bar 61. As in the previous pair, the lower notes of both chords (a1 and d1) should also be omitted.

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issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 60

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

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GE1 omitted a  lowering c2 to c2 at the beginning of the bar. In FE, a new mistake was committed while correcting the latter: the  lowering c3 to c3 was overlooked. A, EE and GE2 include the correct text.

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

b. 60

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

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In the main text we add cautionary flats before a(1).

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b. 61

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

No a2 in A

a2 in GE (→FE→EE)
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The added a2 note may be a result of an overzealous interpretation of A by the engraver of GE (→FE→EE) – in the manuscript there are clearly only four notes, corresponding to the parts of flutes and clarinets of Morch, which was indicated in A with the help of relevant tags. Due to this reason, in the main text we preserve the notation of A. The version with a2, although its authenticity is uncertain, may be considered an acceptable variant, since Chopin did not change it both in the proofreading of editions and in pupil's copies.

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issues: Errors in GE

b. 61

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

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In the main text we add cautionary naturals before c(1).

category imprint: Editorial revisions