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Issues : Annotations in FEH

b. 47

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

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In the main text, we add a cautionary  before e3. The mark was added both in GE and EE; it was also written in FEH (the mark's shape is not typical of Chopin's handwriting).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Annotations in FEH

b. 49

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

14 notes in FE (→GE,EE)

Possible 16-note variant in FEH
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In FEH, the ending of this bar was provided with two diagonal crosses, with which Chopin would often mark places discussed during lessons, most probably problematic. Moreover, there is an ambiguous entry between a1 and d2; it can be interpreted as an inaccurately placed  referring to a1 (see the adjacent note) or two additional notes, constituting an extended, variant version of the final ornamental figure together with the remaining demisemiquavers.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Annotations in FEH

b. 50

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

Fingering written into FES & FEH

No teaching fingering
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The compliance between the fingering in FES and FEH contributes to the authenticity of the entry in the latter. Therefore, it allows for considering the fingering added in the next bar, continuing the discussed entry, to be authentic.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEH

b. 50

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

No teaching fingering

Fingering written into FEH
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEH

b. 51

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

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering
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The fingering in FEH most probably clarifies the fingering signalled already in the previous bar, hence it already concerns its 2nd half. We suggest it in the main text, since its authenticity in the previous case is confirmed by FES. According to p. 17 of the General Editorial Principles, the fingering should be given exactly there, i.e. in the 2nd half of bar 50, which we, however, do not perform due to the varied slurring, whose details are uncertain, which may suggest a performing difference between the discussed place and the 2nd half of bar 50. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEH