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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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b. 363-364

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

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Four necessary flats lowering g to g (in different octaves) are missing in A: Chopin wrote signs only at the beginning of the bars, in the L.H. in bar 363 and in the R.H. in bar 364. In GE1 (→FE1→EE1→EE2) a  was added before the bass G in bar 365, but it is only GE2 and EE3 that include the fully correct notation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 364

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

No mark in A (→GE→FE)

Short accent in EE

Long accent suggested by the editors
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According to us, the missing accent in A (→GE→FE) must be considered an inaccuracy; Chopin wrote accents in all 16 analogous figures (bars 178-183, 258, 260, 354-362 and 495-501).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 366

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

d in chord in A & GE2

B in chord in GE1

B alone in FE (→EE1) & EE3

Sixth in EE2
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Both the change introduced in GE1 and the one in FE definitely come from Chopin who was looking for the smartest connection of this bar with the following one, as far as the piano skills and harmony are concerned. At the same time, he most probably wanted to emphasise the chromatic movement of the bass, hence the arbitrary version of EE2 certainly does not correspond to his intention. The last crotchet in bar 368 underwent the same transformation, which excludes a possibility of a mistake in both versions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 367

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

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Chopin wrote two cautionary signs in A – a  before c2 in bar 367 and a  before a2 in bar 368. GE (→FE) added also a  before c in bar 367, which was then removed or overlooked in EE1 (→EE2) and re-added in EE3. In the main text we also add naturals before g2(3) and a  before b in bar 367.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 368

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

e in chord in A & GE2

c in chord in GE1

c alone in FE (→EE1) & EE3

Sixth in EE2
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The first three out of the given versions are certainly authentic and they present an interesting example of Chopin's works on the detail, performed in stages. In EE2, due to the skepticism concerning the correctness of the version of FE and GE1, it was replaced with another one, structured analogously to the majority of the similar bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE