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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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Issues : Long accents

b. 235

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

Long accent in A (→GE1→FE)

No mark in GE1a

Short accent in EE & GE2
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Change of the type of accent to short is one of many inaccuracies of this kind in EE and GE2.
In all copies of GE1a, the discussed sign was overlooked as a result of an inaccurately performed graphic proofreading of bars 235-236.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in GE

b. 244

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

Long accent in A

Short accent in GE

No mark in FE (→EE)
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The change of the type of accent in GE is a very frequent inaccuracy in Chopin first editions. The absence of the accent in FE (→EE) is probably one of the mistakes committed while proofreading bars 243-244 – cf. notes in the previous bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 326

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

Short accent to R.H. in A (→GE)

Short accent to L.H. in FE

Vertical accent to L.H. in EE

Long accent to R.H. suggested by the editors
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The type of the accent used by Chopin at the beginning of this bar is unclear. The shape of the sign suggests a short accent, and this is how it was reproduced in GE. However, in all similar bars – bars 4, 10, 26, 28, 328, 334 and 336 – the accent in the R.H. is a long accent. Due to this reason, in the main text we suggest a long accent. The versions of FE and EE are inauthentic: the first is inaccurate, whereas the second – clearly erroneous.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 334

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

Long accent in A

Short accent in GE (→FE→EE)
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The accent in A is clearly longer than the signs in, e.g. the previous two bars, yet in the editions it was reproduced as a short accent.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 336

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

Long accent under e2 in A

Accent after e2 in GE1

Short accent under c2 in FE (→EE)

Short accent under e2 in GE2
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The long accent on the 1st beat of the bar in A was reproduced in GE1 inaccurately, by shortening the sign and placing it closer to the 2nd beat of the bar. As a result, FE (→EE) include an accent on the 2nd beat of the bar, which is a mistake. GE2 corrected the placement of the sign, but not its length.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions