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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 155

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

 under 2nd quaver in FE (→GE,EE)

 under E suggested by the editors
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Placing the  mark only just under the 2nd quaver must be a result of misunderstanding of the notation of the handwritten base text – due to the lack of space, Chopin would often put pedalling marks next to low-located notes.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

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

b. 158

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

Minim in FE

Dotted minim in GE & EE
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A comparison with similar bars 160, 513 and 515 points to a very likely oversight of the dot extending the f minim in FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 175-176

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

2 slurs in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

3 slurs in GE3

3 slurs suggested by the editors
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A comparison of the slurs in analogous bars 175-176 and 530-531 leads to the conclusion that they are most probably inaccurate in both places. Chopin was not utterly careful when it comes to such short slurs over the motifs whose range is clearly defined in another way, in this case by the arrangement of beams, accents and staccato marks. Due to this reason, in the main text we unify all these slurs (we also add the overlooked second slur in bar 176), considering the endings of the slurs in the exposition and the beginnings in the recapitulation to be reliable.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 179-193

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

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In FE, all  marks are placed before the bass note, to which they undoubtedly apply. As a result of this, in numerous places, these marks fall under the last semiquavers of the previous bars. This inaccurate notation, resulting from lack of space, could have been present already in the autograph, since we repeatedly encounter examples of such notations in Chopin's autographs. The notation was repeated in the vast majority of the bars in GE1 (→GE2) and EE. The standard notation was introduced in GE3.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 187

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

Slur from b2 in FE (→GE1→GE2)

Slur from b1 in EE & GE3
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A comparison with the slurs of similar figures of this section (from bar 179) proves that the slur of FE (→GE1→GE2) is inaccurate, which, actually, could have had its origin in the careless notation of [A]. In the main text, we include the corresponding correction introduced in EE and GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions