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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 477-478

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

B & f tied in FE (→EE)

B & f repeated in GE
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Simplified notation of FE (→EE), i.e. missing extension of the B semiquaver held with a tie in bar 477, and missing slurs in GE suggest that both extensions could have been added in the last phase of proofreading of FE. Chopin used such a simplified notation on a few occasions, e.g. in the Allegro de Concert, op. 46, bars 162-163. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 499

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

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The b note is a dotted crotchet in FE. This patent mistake was corrected in GE and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Rhythmic errors

b. 525

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

Crotchet a in FE (→EE)

Quaver a in GE
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The missing crotchet stem extending the a quaver is most probably an oversight of the engraver of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 530

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

c4 repeated in FE

c4 tied in GE, EE, FED & FEH
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The absence of the tie of c4 must be a mistake (probably of the engraver of FE, although Chopin's oversight also cannot be excluded), which is proved by:

  • a tie in analogous bar 175;
  • ties of g3 and e3 in the next two motifs, being a slightly modified repetition of the first one;
  • ties added in two pupil's copies bearing clear traces of this movement of the Concerto having been developed during lessons with Chopin.

The tie was added both in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , GE revisions , Annotations in FEH

b. 530-531

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

g3 tied in FE (→EE) & GE3
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The missing tie of g3 is probably an oversight of the engraver of GE1 (→GE2). The tie was added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions