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b. 203-210

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

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FEH
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The fingering, marked with details in EE by Fontana, undoubtedly coincides with the Chopinesque fingering, indicated with a few digits in FED. We give the latter in the main text, since it came into being during a lesson with Chopin, although it was most probably only in 203 that the fingering was written by Chopin himself. The same fingering results also from the additions, performed by a foreign hand, in FEH.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 203

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

Slur in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

No slur in GE3

Slur suggested by the editors
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The slur of FE (→EE,GE1→GE2) is clearly erroneous – it corresponds neither to the course of music or the piano gesture. Taking into account the slurs in the subsequent similar passages, in the main text we suggest a slur modelled after the slurs present in the sources in bars 205 and 209.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 203

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

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In FE, the grace notes in the R.H. are written a third higher than it would result from the L.H. part and all similar places (bars 173, 181, 189 and analog). The mistake was corrected both in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions

b. 203-208

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No markings in A (→FE→EE)

cresc. - - in FC

cresc. in GE1

 cresc. - - in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we give the cresc. indication added by Chopin in FC along with the dashes marking its range between b. 203 and b. 212. The dashes were overlooked in GE1, yet added in GE2 (→GE3); however, the initial section of the crescendo was modified after analogous b. 71-72: cresc. was moved to b. 204 and a  was added in b. 203. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 203-204

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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Just like in b. 59-60, EE are lacking in both flats lowering d2 to d2 and in the cautionary  before d3. Chopin added all three accidentals only just in the last stage of proofreading of FE (→GE); they are also in EE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors repeated in EE