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b. 368

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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Like in analogous bar 360, the fingerings of EE and FEH are certainly compliant.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 368

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

No slur in FE (→GE,EE1)

Slur in EE2 (→EE3)
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 368

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No sign in sources

[] suggested by the editors
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The missing  asterisk in the sources does not have to be Chopin's oversight. In such descending figurations preceded with a bass note, we often encounter notation without this mark, which suggests that the composer resorted to such notation either when he did not want to specify the moment the pedal should be released or when he could not decide on one of the versions, cf., e.g. the Etude in D, Op. 25 No. 8, bars 19-20, 27 or the Waltz in C minor, Op. 64 No. 2, bars 15-16. On the other hand, there is a number of places (e.g. among the above examples) in which Chopin added a  mark in some sources, probably to avoid a too long or a too short pedal. Guided by similar motives, in the main text we indicate a possible pedal release in a place in which the shape of the L.H. figuration changes, thus exposing the bass line more clearly (according to Chopin's intention probably gradually, which is indicated by the subsequent change of notation in bar 370).

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: No pedal release mark

b. 368

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the main text we add cautionary accidentals in the 1st triplet – naturals to c3 and c4 and flats to e3 and e2. The accidentals were also added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 368-369

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

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In the main text we omit the unjustified (cautionary?) flats to a in bar 368 and to e1 in bar 369.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign