Issues : Wedges

b. 29-32

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

8 wedges in A

7 dots in GE1 (→FEEE)

8 dots in GE2

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Eight staccato signs on the first crotchets in these bars (in both hands) are clearly wedges in A (only the sign in the L.H. in bar 30 could be considered a dot, in another context). In spite of this, the editions reproduced them as dots, which is a simplification characteristic of the engraver of GE1, uncorrected in any of the remaining editions. The absence of the sign in the R.H. in bar 31 is a patent oversight of GE1 (→FEEE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Errors in GE , Wedges

b. 146-148

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

3 wedges in A

2 dots in GE1 (→FEEE)

4 dots in GE2

4 wedges suggested by the editors

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The staccato signs at the beginning of bars 146 and 148 are written in A inconsistently – in bar 146 the sign is only in the R.H., whereas in bar 148 – in both. The kind of the employed sign in bar 146 can also raise doubts, yet clear wedges in bar 148 speak in favour of a wedge. We add a fourth wedge (bar 146, L.H.) in the main text, since Chopin wrote staccato signs in similar situations in bars 150, 154 and 156 in the parts of both hands. No signs in bar 146 is certainly a mistake of GE1 (→FEEE), whereas the interpretation of all employed signs as dots must be an inaccuracy of the editions. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 294

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

Wedge in A

Dots in GE (→FEEE)

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The wedge over dis very clear in A, although it was placed atypically due to the deletion over the stave – next to the crotchet stem. Therefore, reproducing it as a dot is most probably an inaccuracy. In turn, the status of the dot in the L.H. is unclear – theoretically, it could have been added by Chopin, yet taking into account the deletions of the signs referring to the L.H. visible in A in bars 294, 296 and 298, we consider it to be an editorial revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Wedges

b. 327-329

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

Wedges in A

Dots in GE

Dot in bar 329 in FE (→EE)

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The wedges in bars 327 and 329 were reproduced in GE (→FEEE) as dots; at the same time, the sign in bar 327 was overlooked in FE (→EE), perhaps due to the erroneous slur.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE , Wedges

b. 385

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

Wedge in A

Dot in GE

No mark in FE (→EE)

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The clear wedge written in A was reproduced in GE as a dot. In FE the sign is copied so inaccurately that it cannot be considered a staccato dot; this explains its absence in EE. A possible removal of the dot in FE by Chopin, which could have left such a trace, should be excluded, according to us.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE , Wedges