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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 251

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

c in FE (→EE)

A in GE
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There is no indication that the version of GE could be possibly authentic – a comparison with analogous bars 227, 235 and 586 proves that it must be an example of a Terzverschreibung error.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error

b. 254-255

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

Slur in FE (→EE)

No slur in GE
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The missing slur in GE is most probably an oversight, although the addition of the mark in the last proofreading of FE (→EE) cannot be entirely ruled out.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 275

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

  in FE, literal reading

 in GE

 in EE
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When interpreted literally, the  mark in FE falls on a rest. This inaccuracy is most probably a result of a too literal reproduction of the notation of [A], in which Chopin could have not had enough space to write the mark between the bottom stave and the b semiquaver. In the main text, we assume, in accordance with GE and EE, that the mark concerns the beginning of the 2nd beat of the bar. The absence of  in GE is most probably an oversight.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in GE

b. 275

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

Staccato dot in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

No mark in GE3
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The missing dot must be an oversight of GE3 – in the previous GE, the dot is hardly noticeable within the 'P' letter in the  mark.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 284-286

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

3  in FE (→EE)

 in bar 285 in GE1 (→GE2)

3  in GE3
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In GE1 (→GE2), there is only one  in bar 285 instead of three subsequent  marks. There are no doubts that it is a mistake; however, it remains a mystery how such an accumulation of mistakes occurred (moreover, three out of four  in analogous bars 299-302 were overlooked). Perhaps some of them, e.g. those in bars 299-302, were added only just in the last proofreading of FE. GE3 added  in all five bars devoid of the marks.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions