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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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b. 296

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

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In FE1 the last note of the triplet is printed a third higher, by mistake, as a b1. The mistake was corrected in FE2, perhaps by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 298

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

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We add cautionary flats before d and d1 in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 305-306

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

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In A there is not any  raising e2(3,4) to e2(3,4). It is almost certainly Chopin's mistake – if he were to hear e in this place, he would have used a cautionary flat in this context. The composer also omitted the naturals raising d1(2) to d1(2), which clearly proves that the figures (whose sound, written after so many repetitions, he regarded as obvious) were written hastily and inaccurately. Anyway, the naturals (e2, d2 and e4) added in the proofreading of GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2) and uncontested by the composer both in FE and FED clearly prove his intention. In EE, naturals were added also next to d1 and d4, whereas in GE2 – next to e3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 310

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

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The natural raising a to a is written in A with pencil. The sign clearly differs from both typical Chopinesque naturals and the signs added in bar 314 (as well as from the  written with pencil in the part of the clarinet I in Morch in this place). Moreover, a denser text in GE1 suggests that in this edition a corresponding sign was added only in the proofreading. Therefore, it may be one of the later, foreign additions – cf. bar 256.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 311

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

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In A (→GE1) naturals are written only before the 1st quaver in the L.H. and the 2nd quaver in the R.H. FE added a  before the 4th quaver in the L.H. (possible Chopin's proofreading), whereas GE2 – both necessary naturals in the L.H. It is only EE that includes the correct text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A