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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 246-248

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

No slurs in sources

2 slurs suggested by the editors
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In the main text, we suggest adding slurs on the basis of comparison with the recapitulation (bars 597-599). 

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b. 250

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

No slur in sources
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In the main text, we suggest adding a slur on the basis of comparison with analogous bar 226.

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b. 254-255

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

Slur in FE (→EE)

No slur in GE
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The missing slur in GE is most probably an oversight, although the addition of the mark in the last proofreading of FE (→EE) cannot be entirely ruled out.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 259-261

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

Slur in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

Slur in GE3

Slur suggested by the editors
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The fact of leading the slur to the beginning of bar 261 is most probably an inaccuracy, which one can easily imagine, being aware of the Chopinesque panache when writing slurs, encountered in numerous autographs. There is no reason for the phrasing to obscure the natural division, marked by the progression's parts and underlined by the additional slurs in the bass in bars 261-264 and  marks. Moving the beginning of the slur to the 2nd quaver in bar 259 is an arbitrary revision of GE3, modelled after the inaccurately reproduced slur in bar 263 in GE1 (→GE2).

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issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 261-262

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

2 slurs in FE

3 slurs in GE

2 slurs in EE

Slur suggested by the editors
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The version of FE seems to be a result of a misunderstanding at the time of interpreting [A], in which possible corrections (combined slurs?) could have impeded figuring out Chopin's intention. The versions of GE and EE must be arbitrary revisions of this most probably inaccurate notation. The notation suggested in the main text, modelled after the previous element of the progression, is practically tantamount to the notation of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions