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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III

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Issues : Errors in the number of ledger lines

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. 296

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

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A has an a1 as the last note in the L.H. It is almost certainly a mistake – cf. analogous figures in bars 300, 302 and 304-306. Mistakes in the number of ledger lines are the most frequent pitch errors committed by Chopin (excluding those related to the notation of accidentals). GE (→FE→EE) features the correct text, which can be ascribed to Chopin's proofreading or a fortunate mistake, since there are no visible traces of correction in print, whereas the note in A, despite three ledger lines, is written lower than the previous g1.
In the discussed place, there is a visible correction in A. The deletions are actually very precise, yet their placement allows us to indicate e1 and d1 as possibly crossed out original (or only erroneous) last two notes.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE