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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 426-427

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

2 slurs in sources

Slur suggested by the editors
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Both this passage and a similar one 4 bars later are encompassed with two slurs. In spite of this, in both cases one can find a justification for divisions of those slurs (each time different); according to us, the most likely explanation for this state of affairs is an inaccurate notation resulting from, e.g. the layout with an octave sign encompassing also the 2nd beat of the bar, which favours divisions of slurs, or from the transition to a new line in [A] (in bars 430-431). Due to this reason, in the main text we suggest a slur encompassing the entire sequence of semiquavers in each of those places.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 426-427

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

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FEH

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE
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Both Fontana's fingering in EE and the entry in FEH (most probably performed by the pupil's hand) differ from the Chopinesque fingering indicated in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 426-427

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

Slur to bar 427 in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

Slur in bar 426 in GE3
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A shorter slur is an inaccuracy of GE3. Chopin proofread this slur in FE – the traces of corrections show that the original slur would begin on the 3rd beat of bar 426 – and did not change the moment of its ending.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 426-427

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

Fingering written into FEH

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE
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The Chopinesque fingering given in the editions may be completed in bar 426 in two basic ways: by applying a double change of hand position (1st finger on the 2nd semiquaver of each of the four-note groups, f1 and b1) or by passing the 1st finger under on b1 at the end of the 2nd beat of the bar. If Chopin had meant the first possibility, he would have probably indicated the first change of position, particularly since the 1st finger would then fall on a black key (f​​​​​​​1). The second possibility was indicated both in EE and FEH, probably by Chopin's hand, which seems to confirm its authenticity in this situation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FEH

b. 426

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

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In FE, there is no ​​​​​​​ before the antepenultimate semiquaver. The inaccuracy was corrected in GE and EE. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions