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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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Issues : Annotations in FES

b. 112

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

Fingering written into FES

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering
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The digit, marking the hand position, written in FES most probably defines the same fingering that was described in FEH in more detail.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 112

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

Fingering written into FES
 
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The fingering of FES confirms the authenticity of the repetition of the c2 note at the beginning of the 2nd half of the bar – see the previous note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 113

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

f2 in FE (→GE,EE)

e2 in FES
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The change of f2 to e2, written in FES, restoring the regular structure of figurations, may be considered an alternative variant suggestion in relation to the printed version, which could be supported by the lack of a corresponding correction in the remaining pupils' copies. According to us, it is, however, more likely that the change is of a definitive nature or that it is simply a correction of a mistake – the piano performs a figurative background for the theme; in this final section, heading for the coda, this background is based on gently waving passages of a rather schematic structure. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Annotations in FES

b. 114

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

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 116

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

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FES, contextual interpretation

Fingering written into FEH

Fingering based on FES & FED

No teaching fingering
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In the main text, we suggest a compilation of complementary Chopin's entries performed in pencil in FED and FES. J. Stirling probably wanted to enhance with ink the second out of four ones written in her copy, over the g1 note ending the 3rd beat of the bar, which would indicate the fingering scheme of the entire 2nd half of the bar. However, she committed a mistake and wrote it a semiquaver too far, over the first e2 in the 7th triplet (cf. notes in bar 91 and 108).
The entry in FEH defines the same fingering. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEH