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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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b. 109

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

Fingering written into FES

Fingering written into FEH

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fingering in EE
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The fingerings of three sources, although marked differently, are completely compliant.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 109

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

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fingering in EE
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In this bar, differently than in analogous bar 105, the fingering added by Fontana in EE clarifies the combination of the scale sequence with the figure based on the broken chord.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 111-113

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

Fingering written into FEH

Fingering written into FES, bar 113

Fingering based on FES, bar 111

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fingering in EE
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It is difficult to evaluate the authenticity of the fingering of FEH in bars 111 and 113 – the digits are very similar to the Chopinesque ones, but the fingering differs from the one written by Chopin (in pencil, under Miss Stirling's entry written in ink) in FES. From the pianistic point of view, both fingerings are natural and convenient – in the fingering of FES, the next note, b1, is most probably to be performed with the 5th finger; it may be easier for a smaller hand. The digits added by Fontana in EE define the same fingering that was written in FEH.
In the main text, we give the fingering written in FES the first time the passage appears, i.e. in bar 111 – cf. the General Editorial Principles, p. 17.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 111

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

Fingering written into FEH

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fingering in EE
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The uncommonly precise indications in FEH were written by two different persons, which can be explained by the fact that, e.g. a pupil completed the teacher's entry. One digit given by Fontana in EE practically defines the same fingering, perhaps except for the last a1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 112

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

c2 repeated in FE (→GE)

c2 tied in EE
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Sustaining the c2 note was probably meant to rhythmically assimilate the 2nd half of this bar to its twin passage in the 1st half of bar 111. The fingering added in FES proves that the note at the beginning of the passage is to be repeated, whereas the version of EE is an arbitrary intervention of the reviser. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions