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b. 616

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

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering

In the main text, we include two fingering digits added to FEH probably by Chopin.

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b. 616

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

f² in FE (→EE)

f² in EE

f² with in GE3

The version of EE is almost certainly erroneous – the presence of a and a² proves that from that moment on, Chopin heard again the E minor key and not F major. Interestingly, the reviser of EE did not react in the previous bar, in which he should have added the overlooked lowering f² to f². A cautionary before that note was added in GE3.

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b. 616

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

Accent in FE (→EE)

No mark in GE

Long accent suggested by the editors

Our alternative suggestion

The accent, placed in FE (→EE) over the non-played note, must have been inaccurately reproduced. According to Chopin, it could have applied to the b¹-b² octave at the beginning of the bar or to d² in the bottom voice. In the main text, we adopt the latter, since it interferes with the original notation to a lesser extent (we give a long accent, much more likely in this context). Omission of the mark in GE is probably an oversight.