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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 37

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

No slurs in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

2 slurs in GE3

2 slurs suggested by the editors
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Nothing indicates a change of the performance manner of typical quaver accompaniment figures in this bar. Therefore, we consider the missing slurs to be an oversight and suggest adding them. Identical slurs were added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 39

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

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In the last third on the 3rd crotchet in the bar in FE (→GE1→GE2), there is no  restoring e2. The correct notation is featured in EE and GE3; the mark was also added in FES. In melodic lines led in thirds, such mistakes would happen to Chopin quite often – cf. e.g. bars 88 and 90 in this movement of the Concerto as well as the Etude in G minor, op. 25, no. 6, bar 12 or the Mazurka in E major, op. 6, no. 3, bars 11, 13 and analog. A similar situation in bar 41.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Annotations in FES , Errors repeated in GE

b. 39

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

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In FE (→EE,GE1→GE2), there are accidentals before the 2nd semiquaver in the 2nd half of the bar, repeated after the last semiquaver in the 1st half. The superfluous marks were removed in GE3. A similar situation in bar 41 and 88 and 90.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 41

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

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In FE (→GE1→GE2), there is no  restoring e2 in the last third on the 3rd crotchet in the bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors repeated in GE

b. 41

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

Slur in FE (→GE1→GE2)

Slur in EE & GE3
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The slur of FE (→GE1→GE2) is most probably a mistake, hence in the main text we include a correction introduced in EE and GE3. We may be dealing here with a peculiar mark reversal – the engraver led the slur from the 1st semiquaver of the triplet to the left instead of to the right (cf. a similar mistake in the Concerto in F minor, op. 21, the 3rd mov., bars 172-173).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Sign reversal