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Issues : Annotations in FED

b. 7

composition: Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

No arpeggio sign in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE) & CGS

Arpeggio sign in FED

Our variant suggestion
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In the main text we include – in a variant form – the arpeggio added most probably by Chopin in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 8-9

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

Complementary fingering written by Chopin into FED, FEJ and FES

Fingering in FED

Fingering in FEJ and FES

No teaching fingering provided
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 8

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

A slur in A (→GE→FE→EE)

A vertical dashed line changing the phrasing written in FED
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In FED, Chopin marked the altered phrasing of a group of semiquavers in a manner that is typical of him. One often comes across vertical lines signifying change of phrasing in teaching copies, e.g. in Impromptu in G flat major Op. 51, bars 32, 37, 89 & 91.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 8

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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. 8

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

No fingering & slur in AI & FE (→GE)

No fingering in A (with slur)

Fingering written into FED

Fingering in EE

Our suggestion
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In the main text we include the fingering added by Chopin in FED and the slur, embracing this group of semiquavers in A. In EE Fontana gave the identical fingering, marked in a more accurate manner.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED