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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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b. 94

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

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEH

b. 94

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

Wedges in FE (→EE)

No marks in GE
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Like in the case of the slur, the missing wedges over the 1st quaver in the bar (in both hands) in GE prove that Chopin most probably added them in the last phase of proofreading of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Wedges

b. 95-98

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

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The traces of corrections visible in FE prove that Chopin devoted a great deal of attention to the slurring, e.g. he moved the beginning of the slur in bar 95 a quaver earlier, he combined the slurs at the transition between bars 95-96, while in bar 98 he combined two half-bar slurs in one.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 96

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

f2 in FE (→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

f2 in GE1
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Naturally, the version of GE1 is erroneous – cf. all variants of this phrase in bars 47, 49 and 98, where the respective note is never lowered. A sharp was most probably added as part of a routine revision of accidentals – the reviser probably did not recognise the unusual G major key and having considered the f2 note in the 1st half of the bar to be a typical alteration of g2, he "corrected" the alleged oversight of its cancellation. The mistake was corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 96

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

2 accents in FE (→EE)

1 accent in GE
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One can ponder what type of accents Chopin meant in this bar – the markings are slightly longer than the undoubtedly short accent in bar 99, but clearly shorter than those in bar 94 (over e4) and 95 (over e). Due to this reason, we assume that they are short accents. The absence of the second marking in GE may be an oversight. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in GE