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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 429

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

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We include the cautionary  before b2, added in GE and EE2 (→EE3), in the main text. A respective sign in the L.H., before b1, is present in all sources. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 430

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

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In FE, there are no accidentals on the 2nd and 3rd beats of the bar in the L.H. In the layout adopted by the majority of the editions, i.e. the first two semiquavers of the R.H. on the bottom stave, both sharps on the 3rd beat of the bar are to be considered necessary. The accidentals were added in GE1 (→GE2); moreover, a  was added before c​​​​​​​1 at the end of the 2nd group of semiquavers. In EE, ​​​​a  was added before the last notes of the 2nd and 3rd groups. The layout of GE3 corresponds to the one adopted in our system; that edition contains all necessary sharps.  

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

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 431

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

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In FE, there are no accidentals on the 2nd and 3rd beats of the bar, which is a patent inaccuracy. In the remaining editions, a part of the necessary sharps was added; however, none of the editions employed a consistent rule of validity of accidentals for notes appearing in various octaves. In GE1 (→GE2), sharps were added before the 5th, 9th, 10th and 12th semiquavers, which was further developed in GE3 – the accidentals before the 5th and 9th semiquavers were removed and added before the 6th and 8th ones. In EE, 5 sharps were added, omitting only the one before the 6th semiquaver.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions

b. 431

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

Staccato dot in sources

Wedge suggested by the editors
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This is one of only two places in the entire figurational section of the development (from bar 408) in which a dot was used as a staccato mark at the beginning of the bar, instead of a wedge. According to us, it is almost certainly an inaccuracy of notation. Cf. bar 438.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Wedges

b. 432-433

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

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The notation of FE (→EE1) is devoid of cautionary accidentals in bar 432. In EE2 (→EE3), a  was added before a1 in the L.H., while in GE, also a  before the first f2 in the R.H. As the sequence is repeated in bar 433, all sources contain a  before f2 in the L.H.; moreover, GE introduced analogous additions to bar 432 – a  before a2 in the L.H. and a  before the 1st f3 in the R.H. In the main text, we include the naturals before a1 and a2 added in GE and add a  before f​​​​​​​1 in the L.H. in bar 432 (after an authentic accidental in the next bar).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals