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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 58

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

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In FE (→GE), the last quaver in the L.H. (e) was placed under b1 in the R.H., which does not correspond to the rhythmic relationship resulting from the even filling of the last three semiquavers in the bar with small notes in the R.H. It may correspond to the notation of [A], but neither the first publishers of Chopin's pieces nor the composer himself were always precise in this matter. Due to this reason, in the main text we place that e according to the rhythmic division, just before the 7th note of the roulade (g1). In EE, the quaver was placed even later than in FE (after c2), which must be an arbitrary decision of the editor (we reproduce this notation in graphic transcription only).
The performance should be based rather on intuition than on the geometry of the notation or strict calculations of rhythmic proportions, since both the context and the very notation suggest a sense of rhythmic freedom in this place.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE inaccuracies

b. 65-67

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

Long accents in FE (→GE)

Short accents in EE
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The long accents at the beginning of bar 65 and 67, legible both in FE and GE, were reduced in EE to common, short accent.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE inaccuracies

b. 92-94

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

Slur up to bar 94 in FE

No slur in GE

Slur up to end of bar 93 in EE
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It is difficult to consider the missing slur in GE an oversight, since the slur in FE consists of two sections in two lines of the text. Therefore, the engraver of GE would have had to overlook two marks (as well as the wedges at the beginning of bar 94). It means that the slur was almost certainly added by Chopin in the last phase of proofreading of FE. A shorter slur in EE is probably a result of the engraver's inaccuracy.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of FE