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b. 319

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

Fingering written into FED,
probable interpretation

Fingering written into FED,
possible interpretation

No teaching fingering
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The fingering digits are written in FED in such a way that they can refer both to the right and to the left hand. According to us, the first possibility is much more likely – someone working on the 1st mov. of the Concerto with Chopin would not have had problems with the fingering of a short fragment of the chromatic scale. In turn, in the less typical figuration in the R.H., an indication could have warned of, e.g. using the 3-2 fingering (to avoid the 1st finger on a black key).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 319-320

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

No slurs in sources

Slurs suggested by the editors
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In the main text, we suggest adding slurs over the characteristic, two-part figure in the R.H., following the interpretation of the slur in bar 321.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 319

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

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In GE1 (→GE2), the arpeggiated chord in the L.H. is an erroneous crotchet. The mistake was rectified in GE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 319

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

Accent on a2 in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

L.H. accent in GE3
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According to us, placing the accent under the a2 semiquaver is inexplicable from the musical point of view and is most probably a mistake of the engraver of FE, who put the mark a semiquaver too early. In the main text, we move the accent over the crotchet in the L.H., which, judging from the next two similar bars, should be accented. Such an interpretation of this mark was adopted also in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 319

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

dimin. in GE

No indication in FE (→EE)

dim. suggested by the editors
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Chopin would use the dim. abbreviation much more frequently than dimin.; therefore, it is likely that the Viennese publisher changed it arbitrarily (the change does not affect the meaning of the indication). The composer could have entered it into [A] after Fontana had finished [FC]. Alternatively, it could have been overlooked in the basis for FE (→EE) or in the edition itself. Anyways, there are no reasons to doubt its authenticity, hence we give it in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources