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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 176

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

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In the main text, we omit the unjustified  before b2.

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issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 181

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

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In the main text, we omit the unjustified cautionary  before f1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 181-182

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

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In the main text, we add cautionary naturals before the d2 grace note in bar 181 and c2 in bar 182.

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b. 181

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

Quaver a2 in FE (→EE) & GE3

Semiquaver in GE1 (→GE2)
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The version of GE1 (→GE2) must be erroneous – cf. analogous bar 536. The engraver must have looked, by mistake, at the line below and placed here the ending of bar 185, looking alike.

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issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 185

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

Chord in sources (3 notes)

Our alternative suggestion (4 notes)
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The chord on the last beat has three elements in the sources in bar 185, whereas in analogous bar 540, there are four elements. According to us, it does not provide any guarantee that Chopin indeed wanted to diversify this detail. Both versions sound good, hence the composer could have hesitated at the time of choosing one of them. This, in turn, could have resulted in deletions impeding the interpretation of [A] or in an accidental oversight of a proofreading of one of these places, which would happen to Chopin quite frequently (cf. e.g. the Sonata in B minor, op. 35, the 2nd mov., bars 10-11 or the Mazurka in G minor, op. 24, no. 1, bars 26-27). In this situation, we suggest the four-note version of this chord as an acceptable variant, enabling the performance of the same text in both places.

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