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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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Issues : EE revisions

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. 236-237

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

 in bar 237 in A (→GE→FE)

  in EE

Our variant suggestion
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In the authentic sources, there is no  sign after  in bar 235. It is probably an oversight, quite frequent at the end of a page (bar 236 is the last one on the page in A). The moment of pedal release was specified in EE, which, however, is almost certainly a routine revision. According to us, a different scenario is also possible: the  sign in bar 237 was written in A by mistake, without taking into account the context of the previous bars, based on the same chord. Performing bars 235-237 with one pedal sounds natural and is compatible with the   signs, improving the ascending and descending shape of the figuration in the R.H. Due to this reason, in the main text we leave the inclusion of pedal change at the beginning of bar 237 to the discretion of the performer.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 236

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

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In A (→GE1→FE) there is no  lowering g2 to g2. The patent inaccuracy was corrected in EE and GE2. EE added also a  before f3, unnecessary according to the rules of validity of accidentals back then.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 241-242

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

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In A there are no flats lowering g1 to g1 at the beginning of bar 241 and at the end of bar 242. The first of them was added already in GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2), the second one – only in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 243

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

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In FE the last chord has a quaver stem. The absence of rest, required if the chord was shortened, proves that it is a mistake, probably stemming from a misunderstanding at the time of implementing extensive proofreading of pitch and rhythmic values in bars 243-244.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors resulting from corrections