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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 434

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

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In FE (→EE1,GE1→GE2), the 1st quaver is not encompassed with the octave sign. This patent mistake was rectified in EE2 (→EE3) and GE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 434-435

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

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In FE, there is no  raising d2 to d2 in bar 434 and d1 to d​​​​​​​1 in bar 435. The first of the accidentals is not formally necessary due to the erroneous notation of the sixth at the beginning of the bar, hence it was added only just in GE3 and EE2 (→EE3) along with correction of that mistake. The accidental in bar 435 was added straight away in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 435-436

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

f1 in chord in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

No f1 in chord in GE3
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The prolongation of f​​​​​​​ at the transition between the bars introduced in GE3 could have been aimed at avoiding repetition of that note, which makes this place similar to analogous bars 411-412. In turn, it is difficult to understand the motivation of the reviser of that edition at the time of removing the top f1 from the chord at the beginning of bar 436. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 436

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

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The traces of changes visible in FE prove that Chopin changed the enharmonic notation of the chord – c1 (with a cautionary ) replaced the original b​​​​​​​1. The change was most probably followed by subsequent ones – the cautionary naturals before the c1 semiquaver in bar 436 and c2 in bar 437 were removed. All those accidentals are actually superfluous after bars 434-435; however, they prove that the B major key, present from bar 324, triggered the composer to clearly mark the return to the E minor key, beginning in the discussed bars. 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Enharmonic corrections , Last key signature sign

b. 436-437

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

Slurs in FE (literal reading→EE,GE1→GE2)

Probable interpretation of slurs in FE

Slurs in FE (contextual interpretation) & GE3
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The moment of division of the slurs in FE is unclear – the slurs generally overlap over A, yet the shape of the slurs suggests rather the interpretation that we deemed to be likely. However, slurs in analogous places indicate a division of the slur before the penultimate semiquaver.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions