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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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b. 177-189

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

Slurs in A

Dots under slurs in GE (→FE→EE)
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The slurs and dots adopted by us were introduced – most probably by Chopin – in the proofreading of GE (→FE→EE). (FE overlooked the slur in bar 182.) There are no dots in A, and the slurs are marked inaccurately, so that it is uncertain whether they are supposed to encompass the whole bars or only the 2nd and 3rd crotchets. Similarly in bars 353-360.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 178-180

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

Whole-bar slur in A & GE2

2 slurs in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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In the main text we give the legible and complete notation of A and GE2. The additional slur over the quaver triplet, present in GE1 (→FE→EE), is almost certainly inauthentic – it is possible that both here and in bar 180 only the triplet slurs were initially printed, which Chopin corrected in the discussed bar, by adding a slur compliant with the notation of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 179

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

Slur to minim in A & GE2

Slur over triplet in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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Shortening the slur is certainly an inaccuracy of GE1 (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 180

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

Whole-bar slur in A & GE2

Triplet slur in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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Replacing the whole-bar slur of A with a slur embracing only the triplet is undoubtedly an arbitrary decision of the engraver of GE1 (→FE→EE). The authentic notation was restored in GE2. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 182-183

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

Slurs in A (bar 182)

Slur in GE1 (→FE)

Slur in EE

Slur in GE2
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The slur of GE1 (→FE) – the same in both bars – is probably an attempt to interpret the short, bottom slur in bar 182 (cf. bars 178-180), applied generally to both bars. In turn, the version of EE is an interpretation of these slurs – certainly arbitrary – in which, on the one hand, one wanted to preserve a close similarity to the version of the base text (FE), and, on the other hand, to relate it to a possibly natural performance. GE2 reproduced the whole-bar slurs of A, without the bottom slur in bar 182.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , GE revisions