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b. 328

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

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In the main text, we add a cautionary  before the 8th semiquaver, b1. The mark was added both in GE and EE; in both editions, a  lowering this note to b1 was initially added. In EE, this routine revision, unsuitable in this context, was detected still before EE1 had been published (probably thanks to Fontana), whereas in GE, the mistake was corrected only just in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 328

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

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In FE, there are visible traces of corrections concerning the last four top semiquavers in the L.H. – b2-b2-a2-g2. Initially, it was an a2-a2-b2-b2 sequence that was printed here, certainly by mistake, which is a respective fragment of the previous bar.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 328

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

No mark in FE (→GE,EE)
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We suggest adding a long accent like it is in similar bar 324.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 328

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Slur to 3rd semiquaver in FE

Slur to 4th semiquaver in GE & EE
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 328

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

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering
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The first finger indicated for the d bass quaver seems to be highly questionable, since it would be the only known example of such an unnatural fingering having been written down. The use of the 5th finger of the L.H. for the bottommost note was considered obvious and rarely marked. In particular situations, Chopin instructed his pupils to perform even a few subsequent notes with the 5th finger – see the Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 27 No. 1, bars 13-14 or the Sonata in B​​​​​​​ Minor, Op. 35, 3rd mov., bar 31. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEH