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b. 8

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

Rhythm in A & EE3, contextual interpretation

Rhythm in GE1 (→FEEE1EE2), contextual interpretation, & GE2

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In the part of the R.H. it is only GE2 that does not contain a rhythmic error. The version, however, resulted from a revision and it certainly does not correspond to Chopin's intention. For the remaining sources (except for EE3), we adopt an interpretation compatible with the way the R.H. is planned with respect to the quavers in the L.H. As the text of EE3 we adopt the rhythm that, according to us, predominates at the time of interpreting the easiest perceptible elements of the rhythm: a crotchet, an extended crotchet and a group of semiquavers with a triplet inside.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors of A

b. 8

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

2 slurs in A

Slur in A (interpretation suggested by the editors) & EE3

Slur in A (other interpretation)

Slur in GE (→FEEE1EE2)

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Numerous corrections on the 3rd beat of the bar (erasures and deletions) forced Chopin to write a group of three semiquavers on an adjacent stave. The group is embraced with a slur, which almost certainly means that it is a triplet. On the main stave, however, there is another slur in this place, starting from the previous semiquaver. The slur was most probably written earlier and concerned one of the deleted versions of this place. In this situation it is uncertain whether the new slur (over the triplet) was, according to Chopin, supposed to complement the previous (as a slur separating an irregular group) or whether Chopin inadvertently left a longer slur and the slur over the triplet was supposed to replace it. According to us, the latter is the most likely (cf. bar 13), hence we give this version in the main text. An alternative interpretation assumes a later addition of the longer slur as the final one. This is generally the way it was understood in GE (→FEEE1EE2), although due to a different interpretation of the rhythm, the slur embraces there the entire 3rd beat of the bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 8

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

No c1 in A (→GE) & EE2 (→EE3)

c1 in chord in FE (→EE1)

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An additional cnote on the 5th quaver is certainly a mistake. The correct text in subsequent EE is a result of a comparison with analogous bars 27 and 76 or GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in EE

b. 9-17

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

Slurs from 2nd quaver in A & GE2

Different slurs in GE1

Slurs from 1. quaver in FE (→EE)

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The slurs of A in bars 9-11 and 17 (the first), although some of them are written inaccurately (e.g., in bar 9), begin from the 2nd quaver of each half of the bar. In GE1 it is only the slurs in bar 11 that were reproduced in such a way. In FE (→EE) it is the only correct slurs that were considered inaccurate, leading all signs from the 1st quaver. The slurs of A were interpreted correctly only in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 10-11

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

Continuous slur in A

Two slurs in GE (→FEEE)

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In spite of a transition to a new page, the continuity of the slur in A is undeniable. Therefore, the division of the slur is an arbitrary decision of the engraver of GE1 (→GE2,FEEE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE