mUltimate Chopin

Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Select: 
Category
All
Graphic ambiguousness
Interpretations within context
Differences between sources
Editorial revisions
Corrections & alterations
Source & stylistic information
Notation
All
Pitch
Rhythm
Slurs
Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
Verbal indications
Pedalling
Fingering
Ornaments
Shorthand & other
Importance
All
Important
Main
Undo Clear

b. 456-457

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

Literal interpretation of slurs in A

Slur in GE (→FE→EE)

Slurs in A, contextual interpretation
..

In A, it is difficult to say where the slur in the L.H. in bar 456 is supposed to reach. When interpreted literally, it leads to the last chord in this bar, yet in bar 457, on a new page in A, there is an ending of a slur from the previous page. In GE (→FE→EE), both slurs were combined in one, which has to be considered a possible interpretation (it also seems to be likely that the slur was added in its entirety in the proofreading of GE1). However, according to us, it is the contextual interpretation including the authentic slurs in bars 416-417 and 424-425 that is more likely, and these are the slurs we give in the main text.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 456

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

Dotted crotchet in A & GE2

Crotchet in GE1

Only quaver in FE (→EE)
..

Both the absence of the dot extending the c1 crotchet in GE1 and the complete omission of the extension of this quaver in FE (→EE) must be mistakes.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 456

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

Short accent in A & GE2

Long accent in GE1

 in FE (→EE)
..

The short accent in A was reproduced in GE1 as a long one, since the engravers were probably convinced that they were a diminuendo hairpin. This is how it was interpreted in FE (→EE), extending the mark to the end of the triplet, "for clarity." The form of the sign compliant with A was restored in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 457-458

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

Slur from 2nd beat in A & GE2

Slur from first beat in GE1 (→FE→EE)
..

GE1 (→FE→EE) interpreted the slightly inaccurate slur of A to be starting from the beginning of the bar, which is certainly a mistake.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 457-465

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

..

In the main text we add cautionary naturals before a1 in bars 457 and 465. The signs were added already in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions