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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 546-547

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

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In FE, the second slur in each of these bars runs from d1 to e1. This inaccuracy almost certainly results from lack of space – due to cramping seven great staves on a page, the space between staves in FE is very small. In GE1 (→GE2), the slur in bar 546 was left unchanged, whereas the one in bar 547 was moved to above the notes; like in the case of the first slur in these bars, the nature of the change (inaccuracy or revision, or perhaps an inaccurate revision) is uncertain. In EE and GE3, the slurs were placed higher, which we include also in the main text. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 547

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

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEH

b. 548-549

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

a1 repeated in FE (→GE)

a1 tied in EE

Tie to a1 suggested by the editors
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We consider the missing tie of a1 to be an oversight – cf. bars 193-194. The tie was added in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 548-550

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

2 slurs in FE (→GE1→GE2)

2 slurs in EE

1 slur to end of bar 549 in GE3

1 slur to bar 550, suggested by the editors
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The slurs of FE are inaccurate, to say the least – the slur in bar 549 (which opens a line) is a continuation of a non-existing slur at the end of bar 548 (in the system, we consider the slur in the same way it was interpreted in GE1, i.e. as beginning in bar 549). A comparison with analogous bars 193-194 shows which slur Chopin most probably meant, and we give this version in the main text. In EE, like in bars 541-542, the slur was completed in the simplest manner – the initial fragment of the slur from bar 549 was added over the 3rd beat of bar 548. In GE3, both bars were encompassed with one slur; however, it was not led to the beginning of bar 550.   

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 548

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

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We add a cautionary ​​​​​​​ before c1 in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions