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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 414-415

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

Slur from D in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

Slur from d in GE3
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The slur of the majority of the editions is most probably inaccurate; therefore, in the main text, we write it from the 3rd beat of the bar, as in analogous bars 410 and 438.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 416-423

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

No L.H. slurs in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

L.H. slurs in GE3
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In GE3, slurs in the L.H. were added in this fragment, most probably under the influence of analogous bars 440-444. It could be considered justified, if not for the fact that the range of the slurs was adjusted to the slurs in the R.H. not in an authentic version, but in an arbitrarily changed one – cf. a corresponding note to bars 417-424. Moreover, Chopin probably consciously rejected slurs in the L.H. in the discussed bars. It is proved by the traces of removal of the slur in the L.H. in bar 418 visible in FE; it was probably in [A] ​​​​​​​that the slurs in this section were so fragmentary that the composer preferred removing the inaccurate and misleading slurs rather than correcting them, given that the correct phrasing is indicated by the slurs in the R.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 417-424

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

Slurs to quaver in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

Shorter slurs in GE3
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Shortening the slurs so that they do not encompass the quavers ending the phrases in bars 418, 420, 422 and 424 is a part of far-reaching, arbitrary measures undertaken in GE3 aimed at unifying the slurring and other articulation markings in the figurational section of the development. In the discussed fragment, they also consisted in adding staccato dots to the pairs of semiquavers, opening the phrases, and in adding slurs in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 424-425

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

Slur to quaver in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

Shorter slur in GE3
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The shorter slur is a result of an arbitrary action of the reviser of GE3 who probably took into consideration the slur in the R.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 424-425

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

Slur in bar 424 in sources

Slur to bar 425 suggested by the editors
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According to us, the slur of FE (→GE,EE) is inaccurate, which is proved by the slur in analogous bars 428-429 (most probably proofread by Chopin) as well as by the slurs in the L.H. in both places. The absence of slurs in further part of bar 425 is probably intentional – in analogous bar 429, one can see traces of removal of the slur over the 2nd and 3rd groups of semiquavers in FE.  

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Authentic corrections of FE