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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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Issues : Annotations in FED

b. 434

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

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FEH

Fingering based on FED & FEH, suggested by the editors

Fingering written into FEFo

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE
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The concerted fingering of FEH and EE most probably corresponds to the Chopinesque one, which is confirmed by the entry in FED. See also the note to bar 410. In comparison, the differing fingering of FEFo stands out, written actually rather by the pupil than by Chopin. It does not exclude its possible authenticity, yet in the main text we take into account the remaining entries – FED and the three digits of FEH that may have been written by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 470

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

No marks in FE (→GE,EE)

Accent & slur in FED (possible reading)
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It is difficult to interpret the intense entry in FED, although it was most probably repeated a few times. According to us, it is an accent, probably long, on the d​​​​​​​1 crotchet and a slur combining it with e1 in the next bar. However, we do not include those marks in the main text, since that interpretation is uncertain. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 470

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

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The slur could have been added in FED – see the adjacent note.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 517

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

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 520

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

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In FED, there is a diagonal line written in pencil under the entire passage (from d​​​​​​​1 to a2). Chopin would use more or less diagonal lines to, e.g. mark synchronisation of ornaments (cf. bar 403); however, in this case it does not indicate a specific note both in the left and right hand. Moreover, it does not seem to be a mark emphasising the meaning of the rest, like it is in bar . Therefore, it might have been a mark accompanying a verbal indication concerning smooth performance of the passage. 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED