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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 108

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

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The 2nd note in FE (→GE) is a d. Chopin corrected this patent mistake in FED and FES. EE also include the correct version.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Terzverschreibung error , Annotations in FES , Errors repeated in GE

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. 113

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

f2 in FE (→GE,EE)

e2 in FES
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The change of f2 to e2, written in FES, restoring the regular structure of figurations, may be considered an alternative variant suggestion in relation to the printed version, which could be supported by the lack of a corresponding correction in the remaining pupils' copies. According to us, it is, however, more likely that the change is of a definitive nature or that it is simply a correction of a mistake – the piano performs a figurative background for the theme; in this final section, heading for the coda, this background is based on gently waving passages of a rather schematic structure. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 113

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

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In the sources, there is no  lowering c2 to c2 before the 5th semiquaver in the L.H., which is a typical Chopinesque inaccuracy. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE

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