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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 370-376

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

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In FE the  signs are written very carelessly in these bars – the sign in bar 370 points to the 3rd beat of the bar; the remaining ones (except for bar 373, in which FE does not have a ) fall between the 1st and 2nd beats of the bar (the last three are closer to the 1st beat). Since there are no doubts that the shifts are of a random nature, we reproduce them only in the version "transcription."

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 372

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

No mark in A (→GE→FE)

Short accent next to  in EE

Long accent suggested by the editors
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According to us, the course of the music suggests a possible change of the performance manner of these motifs only from the next bar. Therefore, in the main text we suggest adding an accent in the discussed place.
In this place, EE, same as in all similar bars of this section, features a short accent attached to the  under the octave – see bars 269-275.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 373

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

 in A & GE2

No marking in GE1 (→FE)

> in EE
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GE1 (→FE) overlooked , which is a patent mistake. The sign was added in GE2, whereas in EE –  and an accent (see bars 369-375), same as in the adjacent bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 376-377

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

Slur in GE1 (→FE)

Completed slur in GE1 (possible interpretation of A)

Slurs in EE (possible interpretation of A)

Slur in GE2 (possible interpretation of A)

No slurs (possible interpretation of A)
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In A, the quavers in bar 376, the last on this page, are encompassed with a slur, which clearly points to continuation, yet in bar 377 there is no ending of this slur. Chopin did not write any slurs in the L.H. until the end of this Solo, hence it seems that he renounced the slurring in the L.H. in this fragment, considering the slurs in the R.H. to be enough. Due to this reason, in the main text we omit the described fragment of the slur. It may be possible that the absence of continuation of the slurring is only a result of haste, particularly since in analogous bars 32-33 the slurs in A are written in the parts of both hands. Therefore, the slur of GE1, completed after the R.H., and the slurs of EE and GE2 can be considered to be compliant with Chopin's intention.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 379-380

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

No slurs in A

Slurs in GE1 (→FE)

Slur in EE & GE2
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It is difficult to assume that the slurs in the L.H. appearing in GE1 (→FE) could have been added in this form by Chopin – they are contrary to the authentic slur in the R.H., whereas their range overlaps with the beams of the group of quavers. Therefore, it is most probably a revision, which also questions the authenticity of the slurs added in GE1 in the previous two bars. The revisers of EE and GE2 replaced them with a two-bar slur modelled after the slur of the R.H.; it specifies the notation, yet it does not follow from the notation of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions