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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 616

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

f2 in FE (→EE)

f2 in EE

f2 with  ​​​​​​​in GE3
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The version of EE is almost certainly erroneous – the presence of a and a​​​​​​​2 proves that from that moment on, Chopin heard again the E minor key and not F major. Interestingly, the reviser of EE did not react in the previous bar, in which he should have added the overlooked  lowering f2 to f2. A cautionary  before that note was added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 619-620

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

Minims in FE

Dotted minims in GE & EE
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In the main text, we adopt the enhanced notation, used in GE and EE. The notation of FE is probably earlier, since in the vast majority of similar bars it was changed by Chopin to the latter.

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

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 620

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

c1 in FE (→GE1→GE2)

c1 in EE & GE3

c1 suggested by the editors
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The missing accidental before the 4th semiquaver in FE (→GE1→GE2) must be an oversight – in such figures, enveloping the initial note like a grupetto (very frequent in Chopin's output), two bottommost notes constitute an interval of a minor or major second, but not augmented. We add a ​​​​​​​, which is most likely in this place (cf. e.g. bar 220). The accidental was added already in EE and GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 622-640

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

Crotchets in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

Quavers & rests in GE3
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In the entire section (to bar 644), GE3 arbitrarily changed the authentic crotchets, opening the bar, to quavers with rests. This completely unjustified arbitrary decision could have been influenced by the rhythm in the previous bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 626-635

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

No accents in FE

3 accents in GE & EE
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The missing accents in bars 626, 630 and 635 are most probably a result of oversights of the engraver of FE or of Chopin in [A]. In the main text, we add the missing accents like all the remaining editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions