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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 414

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

Wedge in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

No mark in FEH & GE3
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According to us, the articulation markings, i.e. the wedge on the 3rd beat of the bar and the slur, are wrong in the majority of the sources. It is indicated by a comparison with analogous bars 410 and 438, in which it is the bass note on the 2nd beat of the bar that is provided with a staccato mark, whereas the slur encompasses the next two crotchets. The scheme of the accompaniment, in which, after the detached bass note, generally sustained with pedal, the hand moves to the chord position (often broken or repeated) is one of Chopin's favourite procedures. The wedge was crossed out in FEH, in which a fingering was also added; a fingering that confirms the articulation markings we adopted. The entries were probably performed during lessons with Chopin or on the basis thereof. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 414

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

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The inaccurately reproduced staccato mark in GE1 (→GE2), dot instead of wedge, was restored in GE3, probably after the base text or an analogy.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 416

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

No mark in FE

Wedge in GE & EE
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In bar 416, opening a new line, FE overlooked the ending of the slur and, most probably, a wedge in the L.H. part. In EE, both marks were added, whereas in GE1 (GE2), only the wedge (the slur was corrected in GE3, in which there is a different division into lines and pages).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 416-422

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

No marks in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

Staccato dots in GE3
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As in bars 408-409 and analog., GE3 arbitrarily added staccato dots to the first two repeated semiquavers in bars 416, 418, 420 and 422.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 420

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

 in FE (→EE)

No sign in GE
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The missing ​​​​​​​ hairpin is most probably an oversight of the engraver of GE1, unless the mark was added in the last proofreading of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE