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b. 33
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II
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Although the beginning of the slur in A from the 2nd quaver remains beyond any doubt, in GE1 (→FE→EE) it was erroneously reproduced as a whole-bar slur. The notation compatible with A was restored in GE2. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions |
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b. 34
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II
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The slurs in A begin from the 2nd quaver of half-bar figures. The first, discussed separately, could be considered to be unclear, yet other slurs in similar figures do not leave any doubt about Chopin's intention. In spite of this, in GE1 each of the slurs embraces a half of the bar. Shortening the 1st slur in FE is probably only an inaccuracy; however, it could have encouraged the engraver of EE to shorten the 2nd slur too. The slurs compatible with A were introduced also in GE2. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions |
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b. 35
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II
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The slurs in EE is undoubtedly an addition of the revision on the basis of a comparison with similar figures, e.g. in the previous bar. However, an accidental omission of the slurs in A cannot be excluded, yet we do not add them in the main text, since in the category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions |
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b. 36-37
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II
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In A one can see an extension of the slur; initially, it embraced only the 2nd half of bar 36. category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Corrections in A |
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b. 38
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II
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In the main text we give the slurring of A, since nothing indicates a later Chopin intervention in any of the editions. In GE1 the first two slurs of A were reproduced inaccurately to such an extent that their range was actually changed. This is how, already without ambiguities, they were printed in FE (→EE). The extension of the third slur is most probably a mistake of the engraver of FE (→EE) while the version of GE2, in which the middle slur was overlooked, is certainly arbitrary. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions |
dynamics accents within the three-quaver groups may suggest a different grouping or articulation. 
