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Issues : Annotations in FED

b. 480

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

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 486

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

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In the L.H. part, FE has only 2 naturals: before c at the beginning of the bar and before g in the 2nd quaver. The missing naturals were added both in GE and EE. A natural before the 3rd quaver was added also in FED and FEH.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Annotations in FEH

b. 498-499

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

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FEH

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE
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In the main text, we give the fingering of FED, written probably by Chopin. A different fingering, written twice in FEH (here and in bars 502-503), may also come from lessons with Chopin. In EE, Fontana gives still another fingering, whose authenticity seems to be questionable, since the key place (e​​​​​​​ in the last triplet) features the 4th finger, much less convenient than the first one indicated in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED , Differences in fingering , Annotations in FEH

b. 517

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

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 520

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

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In FED, there is a diagonal line written in pencil under the entire passage (from d​​​​​​​1 to a2). Chopin would use more or less diagonal lines to, e.g. mark synchronisation of ornaments (cf. bar 403); however, in this case it does not indicate a specific note both in the left and right hand. Moreover, it does not seem to be a mark emphasising the meaning of the rest, like it is in bar . Therefore, it might have been a mark accompanying a verbal indication concerning smooth performance of the passage. 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED