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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

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b. 77

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

g in A

B-g in GE (→FE→EE)

B in FES
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The version of A is, according to us, the only authentic text of this place. The sixth in GE (→FE→EE) is almost certainly a result of a misinterpretation of A – the engraver of GE1 considered the original ending of the stem of the g quaver with a characteristic "hook" to be the B note. Deletion of this note in FES is probably a mistake too – the person who wrote this, perhaps Chopin himself, seeing two notes, out of which one was to be deleted and the other preserved, combined these two thoughts in one activity, by deleting the note that was supposed to stay (a similar mistake was committed in FES also in the Sonata in B minor, Op. 58, the 3rd mov. – in bar 28 a  was added, confirming the erroneous text, instead of the mistakenly overlooked  lowering a1 to a1). 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in GE , Annotations in FES

b. 77

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

No slur in the sources

Slur suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest adding the slur of the L.H., since its absence in the editions was most probably caused by lack of space in A, where the slur of the R.H. is written under the roulade.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 77

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

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The  returning e3 in the descending fragment of the roulade is absent in all sources, which is undoubtedly Chopin's mistake. EE added flats restoring e2 and d2 at the end of the bar – an addition justified in the original notation with the use of an octave sign in the uppermost fragment of the roulade.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration

b. 77

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

Short accent in A (→GE)

Long accent in FE (→EE)
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The long accent in FE (→EE), not arising from the notation of A (→GE), is probably an accidental inaccuracy.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 77

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

Dot in A

No mark in GE (→FE→EE)
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The overlooked staccato dot over B1 in the editions is most probably a result of an oversight of the engraver of GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE