Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

b. 193

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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Both source fingerings are generally concordant – the only doubt concerns the continuation of the fingering in the L.H. in FEH (the concordance is perfect with complementary indications in analogous bar 548). However, their possible authenticity is uncertain.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 196-198

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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Out of the two digits visible in FEH in analogous places in bars 196 and 198, in the main text we include only the first one, written probably by Chopin. This entry confirms Fontana's fingering, at least in its part from the 3rd to the 6th semiquaver in bar 196.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 197

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

Continuous slur in FE (→EE,GE1GE2)

Separate slurs in FED & GE3

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The unbroken – in spite of the rest – slur of FE (→EE,GE1GE2) must be a remaining part of the original version of the rhythm (with semiquavers without rest). The need to separate the first two notes from the following semiquavers was confirmed by Chopin with additional marks written in pencil in FED – a slashed line, underlining the significance of the rest (also in bar 201), as well as a slur over the first two semiquavers. Taking that into account, in the main text, we divide the slur, adjusting the phrasing to the rhythmic notation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , GE revisions , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Inserted rest

b. 201-202

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

No slur in FE (→EE,GE1GE2)

Slur in GE3

Slur suggested by the editors

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The absence of the slur over the descending part of the phrase must be a mistake, even if committed by Chopin in [A]. In the main text, we add a slur modelled after the slur in bars 197-198, including the correction added in FED. The line underlining the significance of the rest is written in FED also in this place, which is an additional confirmation of the slurs we adopted. An identical addition was introduced in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 203-210

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

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The fingering, marked with details in EE by Fontana, undoubtedly coincides with the Chopinesque fingering, indicated with a few digits in FED. We give the latter in the main text, since it came into being during a lesson with Chopin, although it was most probably only in 203 that the fingering was written by Chopin himself. The same fingering results also from the additions, performed by a foreign hand, in FEH.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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