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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 626-635

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

No accents in FE

3 accents in GE & EE
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The missing accents in bars 626, 630 and 635 are most probably a result of oversights of the engraver of FE or of Chopin in [A]. In the main text, we add the missing accents like all the remaining editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 638-640

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

No marks in FE (→EE1)

Accents in GE & EE2 (→EE3)
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The missing accents is almost certainly an oversight of the engraver of FE (→EE1) – bar 638 opens a new line of text, which would often cause distraction and defects of various kind.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 641-644

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

No marks in FE (→EE1)

Accent in bar 641 in GE1 (→GE2) & EE2 (→EE3)

4 accents in GE3
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In FE (→EE1), there are no accents. In GE1 (→GE2 as well as in EE2 and EE3), a mark was added in bar 641, while in GE3 also in the next three. In the main text, we deem the additions in GE3 to be legitimate. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 646

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

L.H. accent in FE (→GE,EE)

Long accent for both hands suggested by the editors
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A comparison with dynamic markings of analogous bars 648-650 leads to the conclusion that the short accent over the chord in the L.H. probably reproduces Chopin's intention inaccurately. Therefore, in the main text we suggest an averaged mark in terms of both its size and assignment to one or both hands.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Placement of markings

b. 648

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

L.H.  ​​​​​​​in FE (→GE1→GE2)

​​​​​​​for both hands in EE

L.H. short accent in GE3

Long accent for both hands suggested by the editors
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According to us, the placement of the  mark, which we interpret as a long accent, is probably inaccurate in FE – admittedly, Chopin would often use a ​​​​​​​ combination, yet both indications would be then written next to each other and on the same level. In this case, the accent was supposedly to concern both parts and not the L.H. only, which is suggested by the notation of FE (→GE). A short accent in GE3 is a result of interpretation of the discussed mark, performed in the light of bar 646.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Placement of markings , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies