Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 245-250

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

Tenuto slurs in A

Regular slurs in GE (→FEEE)

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Both in bar 246 and bar 250 the slur in A reaches almost the end of the bar, which we interpret as a slur-tenuto and we keep it in the main text. In GE (→FEEE) the slurs end in a conventional manner, reaching only the minim on the 2nd beat of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Tenuto slurs

b. 251-252

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

1 slur in A & GE2

2 slurs in GE1 (literal reading→FEEE)

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The slur in GE1 is written ambiguously – the slur at the end of the line of the text (bar 251) suggests continuation, yet in bar 252 the slur runs from the 1st note. The notation of FE (→EE) proves that, without seeing A, the notation of GE1 was interpreted as two separate slurs.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 257-258

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

4 slurs in A, contextual interpretation

3 slurs in GE (→FEEE)

2 slurs suggested by the editors

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In A, Chopin embraced this pair of bars with one slur, which he then clearly divided into two, in accordance with the slurring of similar pairs of bars in the three remaining fragments of this movement of the Concerto, built upon similar phrases (bars 177-182, 353-364 and 494-499). The fact that the division was not included in GE (→FEEE) can be most probably explained by an arbitrary decision of the engraver of GE1.
In accordance with the General Editorial Principlesp. 16, in the main text we omit "triplet" slurs.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of GE , Triplet slurs

b. 261-264

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

2 two-bar slurs in A

4 one-bar slurs in GE1 (→FEEE)

1 four-bar slur in GE2

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In the main text we give the unquestionable two-bar long slurs of A. Both the division of the slurs in GE1 (→FEEE) and their combination in GE2 must be arbitrary changes – a typical manner of the engraver of GE1 and a revision (without any apparent reason) of GE2

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 293-297

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

Slurs under triplets in A

No lower slurs in GE (→FEEE)

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The slur visible in A under the quaver triplet in bars 293 and 297 was most probably overlooked both in GE1 and in GE2 (it is understandable in bar 293, in which the slur blends into the  sign). We do not convey these slurs in the main text, since they seem to be triplet slurs, which we generally do not include (General Editorial Principlesp. 16), and which could have been left in A by accident. However, it is not a typical situation, hence it cannot be excluded that Chopin indeed envisaged double slurs in this place.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Triplet slurs