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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 449-450

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

No marks in sources

Accents suggested by the editors
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We have decided to add accents in the main text after analogous bars 453-454. The situation is not obvious, since Chopin could have felt the need to accentuate these octaves in a more pronounced way only just the second time they occurred. The inaccurate notation is proved by fragmentary, rather accidental slurs in bars 449-452. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 449-451

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

Slur from 2nd beat in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

No slur in GE3

Slur from 1st beat suggested by the editors
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A comparison with analogous bar 453 most probably points to an inaccurate notation of the beginning of the slur in the sources. It is also the Chopinesque fingering, indicating those figures to be performed legato, that supports the idea of encompassing the first group of semiquavers with a slur.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in GE

b. 450-452

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

Incomplete slurs in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

Slur in bar 452 in GE3

Slurs suggested by the editors
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Both the ending of the slur in bar 450 and the beginning of a new one in bar 452 fall on musically unjustified places. That gives rise to the suspicion that the notation could be inaccurate or even erroneous. A possible cause of that inaccuracy is indicated by the correlation between the slurs and the octave sign – the first slur ends where the octave sign begins in the sources, while the second slur begins just when the octave sign ends. A similar situation occurs in the autograph of the Etude in E​​​​​​​ major, op. 10 no. 11, bars 40-42; therefore, it may be the composer himself that is responsible for the inaccurate slurs. In the main text, we extend the slurs so that they encompass all semiquavers; moreover, in bar 452, we suggest beginning a new slur due to the beginning of a four-bar section. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors in GE

b. 450

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

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering
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The digit four over the 4th semiquaver in the bar, written in FEH (most probably by the pupil), is only a reminder of the Chopinesque fingering from the previous bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEH

b. 450-451

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

Slur in bar 450 in FE (→GE)

Longer slur in EE
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The shorter slur of FE (→GE) is most probably an inaccuracy, perhaps related to the transition into a new line (bar 450 closes the line). In the main text, we include the accurate revision of EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions