Issues : GE revisions

b. 174

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

No slurs in FE (→EE,GE1GE2)

Slur in first half of bar in GE3

Slurs suggested by the editors

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According to us, leaving the appoggiatura, ending the phrase, without slur must be considered an inaccuracy. In the main text, we suggest a appropriate slur as well as a slur over two semiquavers, encompassed with a slur in the respective place in the recapitulation (bar 529).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 175-176

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

2 slurs in FE (→EE,GE1GE2)

3 slurs in GE3

3 slurs suggested by the editors

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A comparison of the slurs in analogous bars 175-176 and 530-531 leads to the conclusion that they are most probably inaccurate in both places. Chopin was not utterly careful when it comes to such short slurs over the motifs whose range is clearly defined in another way, in this case by the arrangement of beams, accents and staccato marks. Due to this reason, in the main text we unify all these slurs (we also add the overlooked second slur in bar 176), considering the endings of the slurs in the exposition and the beginnings in the recapitulation to be reliable.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 179-193

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

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In FE, all  marks are placed before the bass note, to which they undoubtedly apply. As a result of this, in numerous places, these marks fall under the last semiquavers of the previous bars. This inaccurate notation, resulting from lack of space, could have been present already in the autograph, since we repeatedly encounter examples of such notations in Chopin's autographs. The notation was repeated in the vast majority of the bars in GE1 (→GE2) and EE. The standard notation was introduced in GE3.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 179-184

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

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FEH, contextual interpretation

No fingering in FE (→GE1GE2)

Fontana's fingering in EE

Fingering in GE3

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Both Fontana in EE and the reviser in GE3 suggest in bar 179 the same fingering that was written in FED during a lesson with Chopin. The indications in FEH (in bars 179-180 and 184), much more detailed, also describe the same fingering (in bar 179, the digit applying to the quaver is almost certainly erroneous – it should be a '3' as in the analogous bar 534, and not a '2').

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 179-180

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

Slurs to b in FE (→EE,GE1GE2)

Slurs to g in GE3

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The slurs of FE (→EE,GE1GE2) are most probably inaccurate in these bars, as well as in bars 546-547, which is supported by the comparison of the slurs in all 30 similarly structured bars (bars 179-193 and 534-548). All the remaining slurs encompass only 4 semiquavers. Due to this reason, in the main text we suggest slurs compliant with the majority of similar figures. An identical unification was introduced in GE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions