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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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b. 48

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

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A has an a1 as the lowest note in the 3rd chord. Chopin's mistake is proved by g1 in the clarinet part in Morch as well as by a comparison with analogous bar 392. The mistake was corrected, perhaps by Chopin, already in GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 53-54

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

Short accents in A & GE2

Possible long accents in A

Accent in bar 53 in GE1

No accents in FE (→EE)
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It is not entirely certain what kind of accents Chopin had in mind after  marks. The accents are longer than those in bars 57-58, yet it does not seem that it would be a significant difference. In turn, they are clearly different than the typical long accent in bar 55. Since the accents in analogous bars 57-58, 397-398 and 401-402 are clearly short, in the main text we adopt short accents. Subsequent omissions of accents in GE1 and FE (→EE) are most probably mistakes.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in GE

b. 54

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

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A has an additional note, E, in the last crotchet in the L.H. It is almost certainly a mistake of the person writing certain fragments of Tutti in bold (see the characterization of A). Interestingly, the note is absent in the editions, although there are no traces of it having been deleted in GE1. It could mean that at the time when A served as base text for GE1, the fragments in bold type and the mistake were absent (it is not a conclusive argument, since the engraver could have simply confused the bars, printing the octave from bar 53).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 55

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

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The chord in the R.H. on the 2nd beat of the bar was crossed out in A and rewritten to the left of the original position. It is possible to read the initial notation – it was a chord written in two parts with a c2-f2-a2 crotchet in the bottom voice and an e3 minim in the top one. One can see that Chopin wrote one line too many and in the proofread version he also resigned from the f2 note.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Errors of A , Deletions in A

b. 57

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

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The notation of the last chord in the R.H. in A is surprising – over three g1-e2-g2 notes there is also a fourth one, more or less at the pitch of c3 or d3, but devoid of ledger lines, so it is unknown what note it should represent. At the same time, it is not one of the blots copied from the adjacent page, of which there are several in the next bars. According to us, it is a mistakenly boldened random ink spill or a staccato dot. The latter seems to be supported by the presence of such a dot in GE1; however, the dot in GE1 may be explained by another kind of mistake – see the adjacent note. 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Errors of A