Issues : GE revisions

b. 7

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

Minims in A (→GE1FEEE)

Dotted minims in GE2

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 16

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

Octave in A & GE2

Only f in GE1 (→FEEE)

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Omitting the note at the beginning of the bar in GE1 (→FEEE), representing the cello part, is certainly an oversight of the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 29-31

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

3-note slurs in A & GE2

4- & 5-note slurs in GE1

5-note slurs in FE (→EE)

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The range of the slurs of the R.H. in A is beyond doubt, although none of them transcends the bar line (cf. the slurs in the L.H., written more accurately). The slurs of GE1 surprise with their inaccuracy, and the ones of FE (→EE) even more. The notation of A was interpreted correctly only in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Errors repeated in EE

b. 29-32

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

4 long accents in A

 & different accents in GE1

 & long accents in FE

 & accents on 2nd beat in EE

4 short accents in GE2

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The notation of accents in A is clear and unambiguous – four long accents on the 3rd beat of each of the bars. In spite of this, the editions did not faithfully reproduce both the placement and the length of the signs. All changes in GE1 and FE are undoubtedly of an accidental nature, which, with a tightly packed text, leads to confusion and impedes the interpretation and reproduction of their notation. Sometimes, the accents start so close to  that it seems that both signs constitute a pair, accenting one strike together (Chopin would often use such combinations, but in this case A excludes such understanding of these signs). In FE, such pairs were placed so inaccurately that in bars 30 and 32  signs seem to fall only on the 3rd beat of the bar. EE homogenised the notation of bars 30-32, considering the entire  pairs to be applying to the 2nd beat; the kind of employed accents is unobvious, but they are longer than, e.g. the signs in bars 24-26 and 28. GE2 reproduces the notation of A, only replacing long accents with short ones.
Similar ambiguities and distortions of notation are present also in bars 369-375.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 30-32

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

Small notes in A & GE2

Regular notes in GE1 (→FEEE)

Small notes suggested by the editors

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The simplified notation of A, in which the dyads of the orchestral accompaniment of the solo part are separated only by a smaller font, confused the engraver of GE1 (→FEEE), who, not having noticed the difference in the size of the notes, engraved entire chords in a normal font. In FE in bars 374-376, not only did Chopin correct this mistake, but he also differentiate between the solo part and the accompaniment in a clearer manner. We employ the latter, being the latest and constituting a significant improvement, also here. A text of the solo part compliant with Chopin's intention appeared in print for the first time in the National Edition.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place