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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 312-313

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

Slur c2-b1 in FE (→GE)

Tie to c2 in EE
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Due to the strict analogy between these bars and bars 296-297 (encompassing the entire, several-bar-long fragment), the version of EE, preserving this strict analogy, may correspond to Chopin's intention. In this bar, the slur in bar 313 could have been placed on the wrong side of the c2 crotchet, which would happen in the Chopinesque first editions, cf. e.g. the Concerto in F minor, op. 21, the 3rd mov., bars 172-173. However, in the main text we leave the version of FE (→GE), since both places differ in the orchestral part: in bars 296-297, the tied c2 crotchet is doubled in flute I, whereas in bars 312-313 – it is not. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Sign reversal

b. 319

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

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In GE1 (→GE2), the arpeggiated chord in the L.H. is an erroneous crotchet. The mistake was rectified in GE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 356-359

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

Dotted rhythm in FE (→EE)

Quavers in GE
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The rhythm of GE – quavers on the 3rd beat of each of these bars – is probably the original version, corrected by Chopin in FE (→EE). In the orchestral part, a corresponding correction must have been introduced still in the manuscripts, since in the parts of flutes, clarinet and bassoon, there are no indications of corrections of rhythm.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 357

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

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In FE, the a1-a2 octave is erroneously a crotchet. The overlooked quaver flag was added in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Rhythmic errors

b. 393

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

Quaver e2 in FE (→EE1)

Semiquaver e2 in GE & EE2 (→EE3)
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The rhythm of GE was introduced as a correction in print (it is proved by: the layout and alignment of the chords in the L.H. as well as the use of a dotted rest and not two rests), most probably as a result of a comparison with the beginnings of analogous phrases of the piano part. However, in the orchestral part (bars 25 and 29), the motif has the same rhythm as FE (→EE1); therefore, there is no reason to suspect a mistake. Summoning this rhythmic variant also in the solo part is justified by further, different development of the phrase, e.g. by the exclusive use of quavers in a similar motif in the 2nd half of bar 395. In EE2 (→EE3), the version with semiquaver was introduced almost certainly on the basis of comparison with GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions