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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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Issues : Centrally placed marks

b. 23

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

legatiss. in FE (→GE,EE)

legatiss. suggested by the editors
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According to us, the placement of the legatissimo indication, if it reproduces the notation of the autograph accurately, is of a conventional nature – there is no reason for that indication not to concern also the first half of the bar. Due to that reason, we place it slightly earlier in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Centrally placed marks , Legato & slurs

b. 64

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

 on 2nd beat in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

 on first beat in GE3
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Placing the  mark only next to the 2nd crotchet in the bar is probably an example of the Chopinesque manner of placing indications within, and not at the beginning of, their scope of validity. Nowadays, such notation is not used, hence in the main text we move the mark to the beginning of the bar, accordingly to the musical sense.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Centrally placed marks