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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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Issues : Wedges

b. 450-451

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

Wedge in A

Dot in GE1 (→FE→EE)

2 dots in GE2

2 wedges suggested by the editors
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Same as in the entire Concerto, the wedge of A at the beginning of bar 450 was reproduced in the editions as a dot. In turn, the absence of the staccato mark at the beginning of bar 451 must be considered an inaccuracy of A (→GE1→FE→EE). A sign – a dot – was added in GE2, most probably on the basis of comparison with analogous bars. Therefore, due to the same reason, we add a wedge in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Wedges

b. 454-455

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

Dot in A

Dots in GE (→FE→EE)

Wedges, our alternative suggestion
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The absence of a staccato mark in A in bar 454 must be an inaccuracy, corrected already in GE (→FE→EE), where a dot was added. A dot is visible also in bar 453, yet it may also be an inaccuracy, resulting from, e.g. haste – cf. bars 414-415.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Authentic corrections of GE , Wedges

b. 458-459

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

Wedges in A

Dot in GE (→FE→EE)
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In A both c3-f3 fourths were provided with wedges, which, however, may be problematic at the time of interpreting them. The mark in bar 458 looks like a dot, whereas the one in bar 459 like a crotchet stem of the top note pointing upwards. This is how they were interpreted in GE1 (→FE→EE), as a result of which there is no staccato mark in bar 459. In GE2, the dot was preserved in bar 458, yet no staccato mark was added in bar 459, in spite of removing the unnecessary division of the fourth into voices.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Errors in GE , Wedges