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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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b. 282

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

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FE1 has an a1-c2 third on the 1st quaver. It is a perfect example of an unfinished proofreading, where the correct note was printed without having removed the erroneous one. The mistake was corrected in FE2 (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , Partial corrections

b. 285-289

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

cresc. - - from bar 285 in A & GE2

cresc. in bars 285 & 287 in GE1 (→FE→EE)

cresc. - - [ - ] from bar 285 suggested by the editors

cresc. - - [ - ] from bar 287, our alternative suggestion
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In the main text we give the cresc. written in bar 285 in A and extended by dashes to the end of bar 289 (we suggest to extend the dashes to the end of bar 290 so that they lead to a natural point, which in this case is  in bar 291). The repetition of the indication present in GE1 (→FE→EE) in bar 287, unjustified in this context, signalises a possible mistake. An alternative suggestion is based on a less likely assumption that Chopin, while proofreading GE1, wanted to move  to bar 287, but the proofreading was implemented only partially.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 286

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

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There is a cautionary  before d1 in the sources, written by Chopin probably in order to avoid a d1 due to b2 in the R.H. and a very frequent use of diminished triads and four-note chords. We omit this sign in the main text, since the d-f-b chord used in this place was highlighted two bars earlier.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 288

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

f-f1 in A (→GE) & FE2 (→EE)

d-d1 in FE1
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The version of FE1 must be erroneous, which is proved by a comparison with analogous bars 286 and 290 as well as by the proofreading of FE2 (→EE), perhaps originated by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 293-294

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

Shorter slurs in A (literal reading→GE1→FE)

Longer slurs in A (contextual interpretation)

Shorter slurs in both hands in EE

Longer slurs in both hands in GE2
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The range of both slurs is vague in A – the first does not exceed the bar line, whereas in the second one, one can see a slur over the triplet. This is how they were interpreted in GE1 (→FE→EE). However, the slurs in subsequent, identical figures, extended in a few places, prove that Chopin wanted them to reach a crotchet on the 1st or the 3rd beat of bar 294 and analog. each time. We give this interpretation, introduced already in GE2, in the main text. The slurs in the L.H. added in EE and GE2 are an arbitrary revision both in these bars and in the entire section until bar 308 – see the note on bars 297-298.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions