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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt III

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b. 372-373

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

Fingering written into FEH

No fingering in FE (→GE)

Fontana's fingering in EE

Selected fingering from FEH
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In the main text, we include the digits written in FEH that, according to us, could have been written by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEH

b. 372

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

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. 373-374

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

d2 repeated in FE (→EE)

d2 tied in GE
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The notation of FE is unclear – in bar 374, opening a new line of text, an ending of a slur that was probably reaching the top note of the d2-b2 sixth was printed (the slur is inaccurate, it cannot be ruled out that it was supposed to apply to the bottom note), yet in bar 373, there is no slur suggesting continuation in the next bar. GE and EE specified the notation differently:

  • in GE, the fragment of the curved line in bar 374 was considered a tie of d2, and we consider that interpretation to be correct (cf. the unquestionable notation of analogous bars 377-378);
  • EE adopted a natural, at first sight, interpretation of the curved line as a motivic slur (we also consider it to be the text of FE); when interpreted so, the last d2 in bar 373 is not tied to the next bar​​.

Moreover, if we assume that the slur in the 2nd half of bar 373 was inaccurately reproduced and is too short, the discussed fragment of the slur in bar 374 may be considered an ending of that slur. We discuss this and other issues related to slurs and phrase marks in a separate note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 373-374

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

2 slurs in FE (→EE)

Slur in bar 373 in GE1 (→GE2)

No slurs in GE3

Slur suggested by the editors
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In FE, the slurring of these bars is inaccurate – the slur in the 2nd half of bar 373 ends between the penultimate and the last semiquaver, whereas in bar 374, on a new line of text, there is a slur, reaching the 1st quaver, suggesting continuation from the previous bar. We consider the interpretation adopted in EE to be the text of FE, while the version of GE may be considered an alternative interpretation. As the 2nd triplet in bar 373 left without slur is also questionable, in the main text we suggest a slurring modelled after analogous bars 377-378.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in GE , Annotations in FEH

b. 373

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

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In GE and – probably on the basis thereof – in EE2 (→EE3), cautionary sharps were added before g1 and f​​​​​​​1. The latter was added also in FEH. In the main text, we also add a  before a1.​

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Annotations in FEH