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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 108

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

 under rest in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

 at end of bar in GE3
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The mistake in the pedalling markings in the middle of this bar does not have to mean that the last  was also placed by mistake. Although another inaccuracy cannot be excluded, the difference with respect to bar 106 could have been purposeful. Therefore, in the main text we leave the version of the majority of the sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 111

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

Wedge in FE (→EE)

Dot in GE
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Differentiation between the staccato marks in FE (→EE) – a wedge in bar 111 and a dot in bar 113 – could have been intended by Chopin, although being deprived of access to [A], one cannot exclude a mistake in the manuscript's reproduction. Unification of the markings in GE is almost certainly an arbitrary revision; according to us, a possible use of wedges in both bars is much more likely, since young Chopin considered them the basic marking of staccato.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges

b. 112

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

a2 in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

g2 in FES & GE3
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Except for a2 at the end of the 2nd triplet, the passages in bars 111-113 are built exclusively from the chordal sounds. It suggests a possible mistake of FE (→EE,GE1→GE2), confirmed by a correction in FES. A change of a2 to g2 was introduced also in GE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Annotations in FES

b. 116

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

 in FE (→EE)

 in GE

Our suggestion 
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In this bar, the pedalling in the sources is most probably incomplete and inaccurate – cf. analogous bar 120. Due to this reason, in the main text we suggest a solution modelled after the unequivocal pedalling in the aforementioned bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 122

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

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In FE, the only accidental in this bar is a  before the 1st semiquaver, c1. This simplified notation, characteristic of young Chopin, was completed in the remaining editions, whereas a  before c4 was added only in EE and GE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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