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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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Issues : Long accents

b. 114-116

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

Long accents in A (→GE→FE)

Short accents in EE
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The long accents in bars 114 and 116, perfectly reproduced in GE, are not equally legible in FE, although the difference with respect to the short accents in bar 118 is clear. In EE they were considered common, short accents.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 205

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

Long accent in A, contextual interpretation

 in GE (→FE→EE)
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The  sign under the 1st triplet in the R.H. is to be interpreted as a long accent, according to us. In the editions it was extended to the middle of the last triplet, which suggests performing the first part of this sequence diminuendo, certainly contrary to Chopin's intention.

In A one can see a deletion of the long accent over the part of the R.H. in this place. Similarly, in bar 207.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Corrections in A , GE revisions

b. 207-208

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

Long accents in A

Short accents in GE (→FE→EE)
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The change of the clearly long accents in A to short ones is certainly a result of an inaccuracy of GE (→FE→EE). The sign in bar 207 was initially written over the top stave in A, and then deleted and replaced with an accent between the parts of both hands.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Corrections in A

b. 214-216

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

Long accents in A

Accent &  in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Different accents in GE2
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The signs under the chords in the L.H. in bars 214 and 216 in A are typical long accents. In GE (→FE→EE) the first of them was reproduced as a short accent, whereas the second one as a . In GE2 the latter was shortened – most probably after A – so it can be considered a long accent.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 218

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

Slur in A (literal reading→GE→FE→EE)

Long accent in A (contextual interpretation)
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According to us, it is unclear whether the bar is to be considered analogous to bars 214 and 216 or to 219 and 220. In the first case, the sign written in A under the chord in the L.H. is to be considered a long accent; we assume this interpretation, resulting from the structure of the phrases in the R.H., in the main text. In the second case, the sign would be a diminuendo (), which, both here and in the next bars, has a function of an accent.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents