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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

b. 181-182

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 digit written over the d2 grace note in FEH does not determine the fingering of the 2nd beat of bar 182, so it is difficult to state whether the writing person (we do not think it was Chopin) envisioned there the fingering indicated by Fontana in EE. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 182-183

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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Like the last digit in bar 141, the '2' written in FEH may be considered to be Chopinesque, hence we include it in the main text. It implies a different fingering than the one given by Fontana in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 187-191

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

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FEH in bar 188
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Like at the beginning of this section (bar 179), Fontana's fingering coincides with the one indicated by Chopin during lessons.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 189

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

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE

Fingering written into FEH
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category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 190

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

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE

Fingering written into FED
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Fontana's fingering is almost certainly identical with the indication in FED, stemming from a lesson with Chopin. In that copy, apart from the evident digit '2,' written twice in a way typical of FED, first by Chopin, then by Madame Dubois, there is a visible delicate line next to the a1 quaver. The mark could be interpreted as a digit '1,' yet it is uncertain, hence in the main text, we give only the '2' described above.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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