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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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Issues : Annotations in FED

b. 18-19

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

Fingering written into FED & FES

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering
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Apart from the 1 digit over the last quaver in bar 18, the entry in FEH includes one more mark, which is difficult to interpret, since it may be a sharp or a slur. According to us, its placement suggests that it was supposed to combine that quaver with the minim in bar 19, which would practically indicate the same fingering as in the two remaining pupils' copies. See the adjacent note on the slur.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 18-19

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

Slur written into FED

No sign in FE (→GE,EE)
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We interpret the quite ambiguous mark written in FED at the end of bar 18 as a slur. The necessity to combine the last quaver in bar 18 with the following minim is clearly indicated by the Chopinesque fingering and probably also by the mark written in FEH. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 21

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

No marks in FE (→GE,EE)

Dots in FED

Our variant suggestion
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The staccato dots over the last two quavers were added in FED; most probably by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 26

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

Fingering written into FEH

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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The convergence with the fingering of FED provides, according to us, a sufficient guarantee for the authenticity of the entry of FEH, hence we include it in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 45

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

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In FE, the triplets on the 6th and 7th quavers in the bar open with a d2-c3 seventh. Chopin corrected those patent mistakes in FED; GE and EE also include the correct version. Entries in pencil are present also in FES and FEJ; however, their meaning is not entirely clear. In FES, something resembling note heads was added in pencil around the erroneous notes, yet they rather look like a deletion of c2 than an addition of a b2. In spite of this, since it is difficult to imagine a different aim of additions in this place, we assume that the intention of the person who wrote them, probably Chopin, was to correct the wrong notes. The entry in pencil in FEJ is even less obvious; it looks nothing like the Chopinesque entries – both erroneous notes were put in circles and a quite illegible sign was placed above each of them, perhaps a letter (b?). Therefore, it could mean that the entry was performed by an English-speaking person, hence, e.g. Miss Stirling, who undoubtedly copied the Chopinesque entries from her copies to the copies of Chopin's sister in other pieces.    

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED , GE revisions , Annotations in FES