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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 308-309

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

No marks in FE (→GE)

Short accents in EE

Long accents suggested by the editors
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The accents in EE were added most probably on the basis of both analogous bars 292-293 and adjacent bars 307 and 310. In the main text, we suggest a similar addition; however, we apply long accents, just like in the remaining bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , EE revisions

b. 319

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

Accent on a2 in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

L.H. accent in GE3
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According to us, placing the accent under the a2 semiquaver is inexplicable from the musical point of view and is most probably a mistake of the engraver of FE, who put the mark a semiquaver too early. In the main text, we move the accent over the crotchet in the L.H., which, judging from the next two similar bars, should be accented. Such an interpretation of this mark was adopted also in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 320-321

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

Wedge in bar 321 in FE (→EE)

No mark in GE

Wedges in bars 320-321 suggested by the editors
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The presence of wedge only for the second time (in bar 321), as it is in FE (→EE), is to be considered an inaccuracy, according to us. Chopin put the mark in this bar perhaps due to the missing hand transfer, but even then, it would not mean that he envisaged a different articulation for the 1st quaver in bar 320. However, most probably, the difference came into being by accident, as a result of inadvertence of Chopin himself or of the engraver. Taking that into account, in the main text we add a wedge in bar 320. An overlooked wedge also in bar 321 is most probably a mistake of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in GE

b. 320

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

Short accents in FE (→GE)

Vertical accents in EE
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It is difficult to guess what kind of factors influenced EE for arbitrarily changing, only in this bar, 3 accents over b3 to vertical ones.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 320

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

No mark in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

Accent in GE3

Same accent suggested by the editors
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We suggest an accent in the main text, as in the preceding bar. The mark was added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions