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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 206

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

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In later impressions of GE1a, a retouch was performed in the area encompassing the part of the R.H. in this bar. The reengraved slur erroneously leads only to the last note in the bar, although in bar 207 (on a new page) there is an ending of this slur.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in 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. 213

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

Staccato dot in A & GE2

No mark in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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No staccato dot is a patent mistake of GE1 (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 214-216

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

Ties in A

Slurs in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Slurs in GE2
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The ties of b in bar 214 and a in bar 216, very carefully written in A, were nonetheless reproduced in GE1 (→FE→EE) as d1-e1 and c1-d1 slurs. In GE2 the first of them was arbitrarily moved, so that it combines f1 and e1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 219-220

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

2 one-bar long slurs in A

Two-bar long slur in GE (→FE→EE)
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The two-bar slur, present in GE (→FE→EE), does not bear traces of corrections in print; therefore, we assume that it was an arbitrary decision of the engraver of GE1. However, taking into consideration the fact that the slur does not distort the phrasing in this place at all, and Chopin's possible proofreading cannot be entirely excluded, we regard this version as an equal variant to two slurs of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE