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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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b. 415-416

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

3 long accents in A & FE

2  & > 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

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

Long accent in A (→GE1)

Short accent in FE (→EE)

 in GE2
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In this place, the long accent was reproduced in GE1 correctly, yet in FE (→EE) it was replaced with a common short accent, whereas in GE2 – with a  hairpin, of the same length as in bar 412.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 429

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

Long accent in A, probable interpretation

 in A (possible interpretation→GE→FE→EE)
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It is unclear whether Chopin had a long accent in mind, emphasising the last chord of the cadence, or a short , related to the passage opening the four-bar, wavy sequence. In the main text we favour the first interpretation.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Long accents

b. 430

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

 in A & GE2

No sign in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The omission of the  hairpin in GE1 (→FE→EE) must be an oversight of the engraver. The sign was added in GE2 on the basis of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 431

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

Long accent in A, possible interpretation

 w A (probable interpretation→GE)

No sign in FE (→EE)
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The mark placed at the beginning of this bar in A may be interpreted as a long accent, after bar 429, or as a , like in bars 477 and 479, similar in terms of structure. In the main text we include the latter option, in accordance with the way in which the sign was reproduced in GE. The absence of the sign in the remaining editions is most probably a result of an oversight.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Long accents