Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 415-416

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

3 long accents in A & FE

 & > in GE1

3 short accents in EE & GE2

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Three clearly long accents written in A were reproduced in GE1, without any apparent reason, in an explicitly varied manner. However, FE restored the notation of A, which could be seen as Chopin's proofreading. Both in EE and GE2 the Chopinesque long accents were reproduced as common short accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , FE revisions

b. 420-421

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

Slurs in A (contextual interpretation) & GE2

Slurs in GE1 (→FEEE)

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In A bar 420 is the last one on the page, whereas the slur written with a flourish clearly indicates continuation in the next bar. However, there is no ending of this slur in bar 421, which could have reassured the engraver of GE1 of his whole-bar approach (moreover, the traces of corrections visible in bars 420 and 421 suggest that each of these bars was initially encompassed with one slur; the erroneous division of the slur at the beginning of bar 421 was then corrected – perhaps by Chopin – to the version compliant with A). In GE2, Chopin's intention contained in A was reproduced correctly.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Corrected slurs of Op. 21 in GE1

b. 429-432

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

cresc. - - - - in A

cresc. in GE1 (→FEEE)

cresc. - - in bar 429 in GE2

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Ignored dashes marking the range of cresc. is a frequent inaccuracy of the first Chopinesque editions. The fact that GE2 added dashes only in bar 429 may be explained by an inaccuracy (it is the last bar on the page in GE2 – cf. bars 469-474). However, further dashes may have been thought to be contrary to the   hairpins.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 430-433

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

Double slurs in A & GE2

Single slurs in GE1 (→FEEE)

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The engraver of GE1 (→FEEE) may have considered the double slurs to be an unnecessary complication. Cf. bars 472-480.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 433-437

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

Slurs from d1 in A

Whole-bar slurs in GE (→FEEE)

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The range of the four subsequent slurs in the L.H. in A may be problematic at the time of interpreting them – the lines are written with a flourish and they overlap with the  and  hairpins. The first slur is particularly inaccurate; in this case, it is both the beginning and ending that are questionable. However, a comparison of all four slurs allows us to state that the slurs always run from the dminim to the beginning of the next bar and this is the form in which we give them in the main text. The whole-bar slurs of the editions, although incompliant with A, could have been accepted by Chopin, since if we consider the authentic rhythmic values, accents and pedalling, the slurs can influence the performance to a minor extent. Similarly in bars 437-438.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A