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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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b. 615

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

​​​​​​​in FE (→EE).

No sign in GE
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The missing ​​​​​​​ hairpin in GE is most probably an oversight, although it may have been added in the last phase of proofreading of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 615

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

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 616

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

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering
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In the main text, we include two fingering digits added to FEH probably by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEH

b. 616

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

f2 in FE (→EE)

f2 in EE

f2 with  ​​​​​​​in GE3
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The version of EE is almost certainly erroneous – the presence of a and a​​​​​​​2 proves that from that moment on, Chopin heard again the E minor key and not F major. Interestingly, the reviser of EE did not react in the previous bar, in which he should have added the overlooked  lowering f2 to f2. A cautionary  before that note was added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 616

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

Accent in FE (→EE)

No mark in GE

Long accent suggested by the editors

Our alternative suggestion
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The accent, placed in FE (→EE) over the non-played note, must have been inaccurately reproduced. According to Chopin, it could have applied to the b1-b​​​​​​​2 octave at the beginning of the bar or to d2 in the bottom voice. In the main text, we adopt the latter, since it interferes with the original notation to a lesser extent (we give a long accent, much more likely in this context). Omission of the mark in GE is probably an oversight.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Placement of markings