The fingering in FES was written in pencil, by Chopin's hand, except for the 1 digit, written in quill by the owner of the collection including this copy. Miss Stirling would often 'enhance' the Chopinesque entries with ink to increase their legibility and sometimes even to save them from disappearing due to the wear of graphite (e.g. in the next bar). We include this fingering, being authentic, in the main text. In turn, the fingering in FEH, written by a foreign hand, raises doubts, since it did not take into account a longer hold of the f
note, copied by Chopin. Fontana's fingering in EE is also questionable – see bar 25.
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notation: Fingering
