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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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Issues : Errors repeated in EE

b. 72

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

No  in sources

 suggested by the editors
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The absence of the  raising the top note of the mordent from a2 to a2 in the sources is almost certainly an inaccuracy in this context. Such imprecise notation of ornaments – grace notes, mordents, trills or turns – is a quite frequent phenomenon in Chopin's pieces, cf. e.g. the Nocturne in C minor, op. 27, no. 1, bar 75 or the Sonata in B minor, op. 35, the 2nd mov., bar 54.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 88-90

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

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There is no  restoring c2 in the last third on the 3rd beat of bars 88 and 90 in FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 91

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

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In FE (→EE), the duration of the 3rd semiquaver on the last beat of the bar is increased to a crotchet. Going beyond the beat of the bar, which makes no music sense, must be a mistake – cf. analogous bar 52 where the corresponding note is a quaver. In GE, the prolongation of this note was omitted, probably in order to avoid a troublesome, incomprehensible element of notation. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors repeated in EE

b. 103

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

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In FE (→EE,GE1→GE2), there is no  restoring b2 in the 2nd group of grace notes and no  restoring f1 in the last group in the L.H. These harmonically patent oversights of Chopin were corrected only in GE3 and, partially, in the pupils' copies: a  was added in FES, a  – in FEH. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

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