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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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Issues : Authentic corrections of GE

b. 212-213

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

No slur in A & GE2

Slur in GE1 (→FE→EE), contextual interpretation

Our variant suggestion
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It is unclear whether Chopin wanted to combine the last crotchet in bar 212 with the first one in bar 213 with a slur. In all sources, bar 212 ends a line of the text, which is conducive to inaccuracies – it could explain both the absence of the slur in A and no ending of the slur added in bar 212 in GE1 (→FE→EE). In GE2 the unfinished slur was regarded as a mistake and it was omitted. However, taking into account the fact that the slur of GE1, in spite of its imprecision, could have been added by Chopin, in the main text we include it in a form compliant with the authentic slur in analogous bars 204-205 (we add brackets due to the uncertainty of the source issue).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 218

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

No slur in A

Slur in GE (→FE→EE)
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In the main text we include the slur added in GE (→FE→EE), perhaps by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of GE

b. 228-229

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

New slur from bar 229 in A

Continuous slur in GE

New slur from bar 232 in FE (→EE)
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According to us, a new slur starts in bar 229 in A, although the previous one ends very close to its beginning. However, the combined slurs in GE (→FE→EE) are not a result of an inaccurate interpretation of A, but of proofreading, probably a Chopin one. Nevertheless, the visible traces of corrections suggest that the composer corrected other, erroneous slurs, and not the version of A. Due to this reason, in the main text we give a musically unquestionable division of the slur written in A.
The division of the slur between bars 231 and 232, as it is in FE (→EE), is certainly an inaccuracy, related to the transition into a new line.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of GE , Corrected slurs of Op. 21 in GE1

b. 235

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

Single-voice notation in A

Quaver g2 in upper voice in GE (→FE→EE)
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Separating the g2 quaver may be a specification of notation introduced by Chopin in the proofreading of GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of GE

b. 237-239

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

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In A there is no flat lowering G to G and g to g. This patent inaccuracy was corrected already in GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE