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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 57-59

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

c2 tied in A & GE2

c2 repeated in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The ties of c2 were overlooked in GE1 (→FE→EE). One can assume that, just like in analogous bars 397-399 and 401-403, the engraver of GE1 did not understand the correct meaning of these ties and identified them with phrase marks he put next to the top notes of the pairs of chords. In GE2, the ties were reproduced correctly. See also bars 53-55. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 57-58

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

Accents in A

No accents in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Rests & accents in GE2
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The accents, this time placed in A over the c2 minims, were most probably overlooked in GE1 (→FE→EE) (however, it cannot be excluded that the engraver omitted them while he was uncertain what they meant – e.g. if he was expecting rests in this place, he could have considered them quaver rests, which did not fit in with the remaining elements of the notation). GE2 precisely repeated the notation of bars 53-54 (see also the note on articulation in bars 57-59).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 73

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

Staccato dot in A & GE2

No mark in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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Oversight of the staccato dot, written clearly in A, is a mistake of GE1 (→FE→EE). The sign was added in GE2. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 75-76

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

Staccato dots in A & GE2

No marks in GE1 (→FE)

Dot in bar 76 in EE
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The missing staccato dots in GE1 (→FE) are almost certainly a result of inaccuracy of the engraver, who overlooked all performance indications over notes in these bars (four dots and an accent). In EE, a dot was added at the beginning of bar 76, probably by analogy with similar bar 68. All dots were restored in GE2 on the basis of A. See also the note on dots in the L.H.
The presented variants did not include the dot on the 2nd crotchet in bar 76, to which a separate note is dedicated.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 78-79

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

 i  in A

> &  in GE1 & EE

 &  in FE

 &  in GE2

Our alternative suggestion – 
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In the main text we give dynamic markings of A, which are unquestionable, as far as sources and music are concerned. In this context, the markings of GE1 (→FE →EE) – two subsequent  signs – are illogical to such an extent that one could suspect a mistake. In fact, taking into account the fact that  in bar 79 is poorly visible in A, it seems to be highly likely that  in this place resulted from an erroneous interpretation of A (the shape of the sign in A is one of the numerous arguments for Chopin's haste, increasing as he was writing A). In turn,  added at the beginning of bar 78 may be interpreted as an attempt to rectify the mistake from bar 79 – Chopin may have wanted to move  to bar 78, where it would not collide so strikingly with its original, and perhaps the only, dynamic concept, written in A. It would be an example of unfinished proofreading, in which a new sign was added without having deleted the old one. We give the version, perhaps intended by Chopin, as an alternative suggestion.
We consider the sign visible in A at the beginning of bar 78 – same as in bar 70 – to be a long accent. In this case, it was reproduced in GE1 as a short accent, whereas in GE2 – as a short . It is unclear how the sign appeared in EE, being absent in FE. The accent was most probably overlooked in FE, whereas in EE it was added by analogy with bar 70 – the hairpin is longer there, but the reviser could have been impelled to shorten it by the absence of a note on the 3rd beat of the bar. A strong argument for such an explanation is the revision of EE in bar 70, going in an opposite direction, since it added  drawn from here.

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

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE , Inaccuracies in A , Partial corrections