The omission of '1' at the end of bars 1 and 9 in FE (→GE) could be blamed on the engraver's distraction and considered as the notation's inaccuracy, if it was not for a simultaneous addition of '2' at the end of bars 2-3. According to us, regardless of the reason for omitting these digits, the final effect of the changes in FE must be accepted as deliberate and valid. Allegedly, Chopin assumed that the hand position in bars 1-2 is not as important as in bars 3-4.
In EE the addition by Fontana in bar 1 complies with the fingering written by Chopin in A, yet in bars 9-10 – it does not.
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issues: EE revisions, Authentic corrections of FE
notation: Fingering