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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 321

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

Seventh in FE

Octave in GE & EE
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In the main text, we give the unquestionable, as far as the sources and music are concerned, version of FE. The octave in GE and EE may be either a mistake or a revision; at the same time, in each of these editions, the reason could have been different. In each case, the fact that the revisers did not take into account the analogy with the two previous bars is puzzling.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Errors in GE

b. 322

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

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In the main text, we omit the  (reminding?) before the 2nd semiquaver f1. A mark in this place is totally unjustified, particularly in the sources in which a cautionary  at the same pitch is present 4 notes before.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 323

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

b & b in FE (→GE1→GE2), contextual interpretation, & GE3

b & b in EE
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In FE (→GE1→GE2), the  raising the 2nd semiquaver to b is not cancelled, hence the 7th semiquaver should also be interpreted as b. It must be a mistake, corrected in EE and GE3. Although the reviser of GE3 corrected only the erroneously written note, adding a  before it, in EE, the  before the 2nd note was removed, which changed its pitch to b. This version, although possible both from the musical and pianistic point of view, is, however, certainly arbitrary – the traces visible in FE prove that the  was added only at the stage of proofreading, almost certainly at Chopin's request, who, in turn, did not participate in the proofreading process of EE. In the main text, we give the version of FE, corrected by Chopin, written correctly in GE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 323

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

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In the main text, we omit the reminding  present in all sources before the 11th semiquaver in the L.H., c1. In turn, we add a cautionary  before the 2nd semiquaver in the R.H. (g1) and a before the 5th semiquaver b1. The first mark was added already in GE, together with a poorly justified  before the f2 crotchet. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 324

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

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In the main text, we add a cautionary  before the a2 crotchet. The mark was added also in EE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions