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b. 269

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

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The mark written in FED underlines the significance of the rest and, consequently, it suggests the need to emphasise the syncopation as the beginning of a new motif of a probably different emotional nature.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 269-270

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

Short accent in FE (→EE)

Long accent in GE1 (→GE2)

Short  in GE3

Long accent suggested by the editors
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Interpretation of the mark of FE (→EE) is unclear. When interpreted literally, it is a short accent under a tied note, which does not make sense on the piano. According to us, the course of music suggests a long accent on the syncopated g1-g2 octave as the most likely interpretation of this mark. Alternatively, one could also consider it a diminuendo mark, like it was performed in GE3. The presentation autograph of the Etude in A minor, op. 10 no. 2 abounds in marks of a not very clear meaning resembling short or long accents. Some of them almost certainly denote long accents, which substantiates such an interpretation. See also the adjacent note.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 269

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

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 269-270

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

Fingering written into FEH

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE
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Both fingerings appearing in the sources are compliant in terms of the 5-4-5 succession of fingers at the top of the passage, typical of Chopin. In the descending part of the passage, FEH gives a crossing-over of the 5th finger, which also belongs to the range of Chopinesque fingering options  – cf. the Impromptu in A​​​​​​​ Major, Op. 29, bar 81.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 269

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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category imprint: Source & stylistic information