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Issues : Differences in fingering

b. 1-2

composition: Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

fingering written into FEJ

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering in A (→FE,FC→GE)

Fingering in EE

Our variant suggestion based on FEJ & FES
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The fingering of the entire phrase comes from FEJ, and the only alternative entry in b. 1 – from FES. That fingering differentiation in those copies is most probably preserved also in identical b. 9. Anyway, it is very likely that the difference concerns only the d1 crotchet and the c1 quaver. We assume that both possibilities come from Chopin, even if they were not written by his hand. In turn, there are no grounds to consider the fingering of EE to be authentic, which we place over notes for the purpose of clarity.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Differences in fingering , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEJ

b. 3-11

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

Fingering in A

FE (→GE)

EE

FED
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In the main text in bar 3 we give the fingering from A without brackets. It was also reproduced in FE (→GE), however, omitting, probably inadvertently, the last digit. This reduced fingering version is also in EE, in which it was additionally repeated in analogous bar 11. Moreover, that edition adds digits in the further part of bar 3. In the main text, apart from the digits drawn from A, we consider a different fingering written by Chopin in bars 3-4 in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 3

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

Fingering in A (→GE)

Fingering in FE & EE2 (→EE3)

No fingering in EE1

Our suggestion
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It is one of rare cases of Chopin's giving a clearly different fingering for the same fragment. In the main text we include them both – directly over the notes we give the fingering of FE, probably added by Chopin while proofreading (it does not include the 10th quaver of the bar); the fingering was then repeated in EE2 (→EE3). The top fingering, together with the numerals concerning the 9th and 10th sixth comes from A (→GE). In EE1 there is no fingering in this bar. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Differences in fingering , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 5

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

Fingering in FC (→GE) & EE

Fingering in FE

Fingering written into FED, contextual interpretation

Suggested complement to FED fingering
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The chromatic third progression has two fingering versions in the sources:

  1. The fingering of FE (→GE) and EE, including 13 thirds in bar 5, printed also in FE in a completed version (the addition, undoubtedly performed by Chopin, was almost certainly introduced in the proofreading of this edition). All remaining chromatic progressions in this Etude were fingered by Chopin according to this scheme.
  2. The fingering written in FED over eight thirds in the 1st half in bar 5. According to us, they are to be interpreted as different from the printed proposal of fingering for the entire chromatic scale in these bars. Taking into account the fact that the first fingering was eventually indicated next to each third, we suggest a similar generalisation also for the second scheme, added in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Differences in fingering , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 8

composition: Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering

Our variant suggestion
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In fact, the numerals written into FED and FES can be treated jointly, yet, most probably, they indicate different fingering of the first five semiquavers:

  • 5-4-3-2-1 in FED,
  • 3-2-1-3-1 or 4-3-1-3-1 in FES.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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