FES
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FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - First French edition
FEFo - Forest copy
FEH - Hartmann copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2a - Altered impression of GE2
GE3 - Second German edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 106-108

Fingering written into FES

Fingering based on FES

Fingering written into FEH

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fingering in EE

In the first halves of bar 106 and 108, FES contains a fingering written in pencil, generally very blurry (erased?), which poses significant problems not only in recognising the digits, but also even in stating whether they were written in a given place at all. In the places where the digits are distinct enough to state it, one can recognise Chopin's hand. In the main text, we give the digits we were able to decipher on the basis of the available sources to a satisfactory degree of probability. It is noteworthy that the only completely distinct digit, the 3rd finger on e1, the 4th semiquaver in bar 106, generally clearly defines already the entire fingering.

The fingering in FEH indicates a different hand position, while the use of the cross-over of the 5th finger seems to be less typical of Chopin in this context. Fontana's fingering in EE is still different, although much closer to the one in FEH. The authenticity of both fingerings is dubious.   

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category imprint: Differences between sources

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

notation: Fingering

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