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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 311-312

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

Slur in FE

Slur in GE1 (→GE2)

Slurs in EE

Slurs in GE3

Slurs suggested by the editors
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The missing slur in the first half of the bar is probably an oversight, either of the engraver of FE or Chopin, cf. analogous bar 295. However, the slur added in EE is almost certainly arbitrary, whereas the one in GE3 – modelled after the most probably inaccurate slur in the aforementioned bar 295. In the main text, we suggest adding a slur in the entire first half of the bar, just like in bar 295.
The second slur in the discussed bar, written too early, is an inaccuracy of GE. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 311

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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In the main text, we add a cautionary  before c2.

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b. 311

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

No indication in FE (→GE,EE)

 in FEH

(), our alternative suggestion
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Although the  marking was probably not written by Chopin's hand, it may be an authentic teaching comment – cf. dolce in analogous bar 295. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEH

b. 311-325

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 312-313

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

Slur c2-b1 in FE (→GE)

Tie to c2 in EE
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Due to the strict analogy between these bars and bars 296-297 (encompassing the entire, several-bar-long fragment), the version of EE, preserving this strict analogy, may correspond to Chopin's intention. In this bar, the slur in bar 313 could have been placed on the wrong side of the c2 crotchet, which would happen in the Chopinesque first editions, cf. e.g. the Concerto in F minor, op. 21, the 3rd mov., bars 172-173. However, in the main text we leave the version of FE (→GE), since both places differ in the orchestral part: in bars 296-297, the tied c2 crotchet is doubled in flute I, whereas in bars 312-313 – it is not. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Sign reversal