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A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Fourth German edition
GE5 - Fifth German edition
EE - English edition
EE2 - First English edition
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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  b. 7-15

Fingering in A

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fingering in EE

Our variant suggestion

The '1' fingering digit written in A in bar 7 over the fourth in the R.H. may refer only to its bottom note, therefore, we move it under the stave (the atypical position of this digit can be explained with the fact that Chopin, allegedly, planned to include the fingering for both notes of the fourth). In FE (→GE) the hint was omitted, perhaps due to a misunderstanding of its meaning. In the fingering added by Fontana in EE (in bars 7 and 15) the bottom note is supposed to be struck with the 3rd finger, while the changes introduced in the fingering of semiquavers prove that the composer's friend completely misinterpreted Chopin's indications in this case. 

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, Inaccuracies in FE

notation: Fingering

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