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Issues : Differences in fingering

b. 41-42

composition: Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

Fingering in A

FE (→GE,EE)
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In the main text we give the corrected by Chopin fingering of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Differences in fingering , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 61

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

 
 
 
 
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We give a complementary fingering inscribed into FEJ and FES.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Differences in fingering

b. 64-66

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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We give Chopin's variant fingering inscribed into FES, FED and FEJ.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Differences in fingering

b. 86

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

Fingering written into FES

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering
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The fingering in FEH is written by a foreign hand, which does not exclude a possibility that it could come from Chopin. Therefore, we would be dealing with a quite uncommon situation of differing authentic fingerings of the same place.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 91

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

Fingering written into FES, literal reading

Fingering written into FES, contextual interpretation

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering

Chopin's fingering chosen by the editors
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It is difficult to assign the digits written in FES to a natural fingering. The most likely explanation is that Miss Stirling committed a mistake at the time of writing them in ink on the basis of the Chopinesque indications written in pencil. Taking into account the fingering in the 1st half of the bar, one could suggest two possibilities: the '3' was supposed to be written under the '5' and not after it or the '3' was written by mistake instead of a '4'. We suggest only the second possibility as an acceptable variant, since it is totally compatible with the fingering from the 1st half of the bar. In the main text, we include only the first of the digits written in FES – its authenticity does not raise any doubts; moreover, together with the previous digits, it clarifies the fingering on the 3rd beat of the bar.
As an alternative, one could adopt the fingering written in FEH, which may have come from Chopin.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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