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b. 498-499

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

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FEH

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE

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In the main text, we give the fingering of FED, written probably by Chopin. A different fingering, written twice in FEH (here and in bars 502-503), may also come from lessons with Chopin. In EE, Fontana gives still another fingering, whose authenticity seems to be questionable, since the key place (e​​​​​​​ in the last triplet) features the 4th finger, much less convenient than the first one indicated in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 498

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

b1 in chord in FE (→EE1)

b1 in chord in GE & EE2 (→EE3)

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According to us, the b1 note in the chord of FE (→EE1) is erroneous:

  • b1 is confirmed in FEorch (→GEorch) in the parts of: oboe II, French horn II and violas;
  • b​​​​​​​is present also in analogous bars 13 and 17 as well as in bar 502.

The mistake was corrected – probably on the basis of the above comparisons – in GE and consequently also in EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 498

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

No e2 in FE (→EE)

e2 in chord in GE

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The chord with e2 is the original version – Chopin removed that note in the last stage of proofreading of FE (→EE). 

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issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 498-499

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A there are visible crossings-out on the 3rd beat of these bars. In both places it was probably the original version of those crotchets, i.e. the d-g fourth.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 499

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

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It is noteworthy that it was in this bar only that Chopin included in the piano reduction the harmonic background of strings, accompanying these motifs in all four places in the orchestral part (bars 14-15, 18-19, 499-500 and 503-504).

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