Issues : Differences in fingering
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b. 142-144
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I
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Fontana's fingering given in EE almost certainly does not come from Chopin, since it is difficult to assume that Fontana could have had such precise, variant indications of the composer at his disposal. The authenticity of the fingering written by a foreign hand in FEH is also questionable. The basic scheme of both fingerings, considering the first variant of the fingering of EE, are in common with each other; the difference applies only to the beginning, which deviates from the scheme in Fontana's version. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Differences in fingering , Annotations in FEH |
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b. 142-145
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I
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The essential difference between the fingering of FEH and EE consists in the performance manner of the descending third in each group of semiquavers – in FEH, the fingers 2-3 were used, in EE – 2-4. It is difficult to say if and which of them corresponds to the fingering conceived by Chopin, since the authenticity of the fingering in these sources has not been confirmed. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Differences in fingering , Annotations in FEH |
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b. 169
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I
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The interpretation of the fingering in FED is not easy, since the digits were written on top of each other a few times, which hampers their interpretation. Initially, 3 or 4 digits '2' were written in a delicate handwriting: category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Differences in fingering |
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b. 181-185
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I
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Fontana indicated the 4th finger on the 4th b semiquaver three times – in bars 181, 182 and 185. In the same place in bars 181 and 185, in FEH, the 3rd finger was marked (see also notes to bars 536-537 and 540). A possible authenticity of these divergent indications is uncertain. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Differences in fingering , Annotations in FEH |
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b. 182-183
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I
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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 |
. The later layer includes pairs of digits encompassed with little curved lines; some of them were probably changed, but it was most probably 3 groups of 32 that were eventually left. Such notation is generally used to mark changes of fingers; however, in this context, one should rather expect pairs of 23, like it was marked by Chopin in the Variations, op. 2, bars 59 and 61. Therefore, the notation could still be wrong, in spite of corrections. Another possibility is to play three times simultaneously with two fingers. A suggestion for such an exceptional expressive fingering may be recognised also in the Mazurka in A minor, op. 59, no. 1, bar 25.
