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b. 322-324

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

Fingering written into FEH

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE
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The fingerings of FEH and EE are totally compliant, probably also with the Chopinesque fingering. In FEH, encompassing almost the entire three-bar sequence with the entry suggests that such fingering, not taking into account differences in the arrangement of black and white keys, was something new for the performer.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 322-324

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

Fingering written into FEH

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE
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In the places where FEH and EE give fingering for the same notes, the indications are totally compliant, which results from the consistent use of the 1st finger on a white and 2nd finger on a black key on the 1st note of each group of semiquavers. However, according to us, it does not mean that the fingering is identical, since Fontana copies the fingers 3-4 for the middle semiquavers of each group, whereas in FEH, the notes are devoid of indications (with one exception), which suggests the use of subsequent fingers, hence 2-3 after the 1st finger and 3-4 after the 2nd one. This conclusion is confirmed by the aforementioned exception – the 4th finger on a in bar 323 naturally stems from the 2nd finger marked on the initial c1; indicating it in this place most probably means that it was another finger that played the 3rd semiquaver of the group, i.e. the 3rd one. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 322-326

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

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FE has a cautionary  before b3 in bar 322. It must be a mistake – the accidental should have been placed at the pitch of a3. The error was corrected both in GE and EE, both also added an analogous ​​​​​​​ in bar 326.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 322-324

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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We add a cautionary ​​​​​​​ before d in the main text. Likewise an octave higher two bars later.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 322-323

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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The sources differ in the range of the last R.H. phrase mark – in GE it reaches c1 in b. 323, in FE (→EE) – c1 on the 3rd beat of b. 322. Actually, the difference is insignificant, hence in the main text we follow the version of the principal source, FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources