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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

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Issues : Errors in EE

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 c1 note 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. 14-15

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

Slur 7 quavers in A & GE2

Slur 8 quavers in GE1

Slur 9 quavers in FE

No slur in EE
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The slur of A undoubtedly begins from the 2nd quaver of the bar, hence the fact that it starts earlier in GE1 (→FE) is most probably a mistake. On the other hand, it is uncertain which note the slur of A is supposed to reach. A comparison with two analogous situations (bars 33 and 82) as well as separation of bass notes through articulation performed by Chopin in the entire movement tip the scales in favour of the slur ending together with the last chord in the bar. The interpretation adopted in the main text is present also in GE2. In GE1 the slur in bar 14 ends in a similar manner, yet in bar 15 one can see traces of deletion of the slur reaching the 1st quaver. It explains leading the slur from bars 14 until the beginning of bar 15 in FE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 25-26

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

 in bars 25-26 in A (→GE)

  in FE

 in bar 26 in EE
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In FE (same as in our transcripts) bar 26 falls on a new line. The division of the  sign was performed in such a way that in both bars a respectively shortened  hairpin was printed (according to the then used earlier convention). EE overlooked the first sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE , Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 28

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

e2 in A (→GE)

c2 in FE (→EE)
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The less pianistically convenient c2 instead of e2 is almost certainly a Terzverschreibung error of the engraver of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Terzverschreibung error

b. 39

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

Grace note b2 in A, FES & GE2

a2 in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The version with the a2 grace note present in GE1 (→FE→EE) is almost certainly a mistake, which is confirmed by the correction of this note written in FES. The version of A was restored also in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Annotations in FES