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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 110

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

6 staccato dots in FE (→EE)

4 dots in GE1 (→GE2)

2 dots in GE3
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The two missing staccato dots in the R.H. at the beginning of the 2nd beat of the bar in GE is a mistake repeated most probably after the proof copy of FE. It is indicated by numerous traces of proofreading of slurring in FE – at the time of removing the original slur, which reached to the end of the 3rd semiquaver triplet only, the discussed dots were probably also removed (they are the closest to the original slur), which got to GE, while in FE it was completed in the last phase of proofreading. Cf. the note at the beginning of this bar.
The fact of removing the first two dots also in the L.H. is an arbitrary revision of GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 113

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

Slur over 6 notes in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

Slur over 9 notes in GE3
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The traces of corrections in print visible in FE prove that both in this bar and in analogous bar 111, it was only the last semiquaver triplet in the L.H. that was originally encompassed with a slur. In both places, Chopin prolonged the slurs; however, in the discussed bar, the proofread slur did not encompass the first triplet in the 2nd half of the bar. Taking into account the fact that in the final fragment of this movement of the Concerto, filled with triplets, articulation in all the remaining semiquavers is defined with slurs and staccato marks, the fact of leaving one triplet without markings prompts us to suspect a mistake at the time of implementing this proofreading (the mistake could have been provoked by the misplaced  mark). Therefore, in the main text we suggest a longer slur, modelled after unequivocal bar 111. Such a change was introduced in GE3.  

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 118-119

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

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In FE, one can notice in these bars traces of removing shorter slurs, three in bar 118 and one in bar 119.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FE