mUltimate Chopin

Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 224

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

Slur in A & GE2

No slur in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The missing slur in the majority of the editions is certainly a result of inaccuracy of the engraver of GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 229

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

legatiss. in A

No indication in GE (→FE→EE)
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Omission of legatiss. over the top voice in the R.H. is most probably a mistake of the engraver of GE1. It can be puzzling that the indication was not added in GE2 – perhaps it was regarded as contrary to leggieriss. below.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 235

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

 in A (literal reading→GE1→FE) & GE2

No sign in GE1a

 in A (contextual interpretation) & EE
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When interpreted literally, the  sign in A (→GE1→FE) suggests pressing pedal on the 5th, 6th or even 7th quaver in the bar. According to us, it is an inaccurate notation – Chopin had already little space under the note and writing the sign before would be even more misleading. According to us, it is EE that interpreted the composer's intention correctly.

In all copies of GE1a, the discussed sign was overlooked as a result of an inaccurately performed graphic proofreading of bars 235-236.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in GE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 235

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

Long accent in A (→GE1→FE)

No mark in GE1a

Short accent in EE & GE2
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Change of the type of accent to short is one of many inaccuracies of this kind in EE and GE2.
In all copies of GE1a, the discussed sign was overlooked as a result of an inaccurately performed graphic proofreading of bars 235-236.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in GE

b. 241

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

Staccato dot in A

No mark in GE (→FE→EE)
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The missing staccato dot in GE (→FE→EE) is almost certainly a consequence of the oversight of the engraver of GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE