Issues : Annotations in FES

b. 4-5

composition: Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering

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The addition performed in pencil in FES, hardly legible, especially in b. 4, most probably represents two digits (3) marking the fingering and written on the side.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 12

composition: Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor

Fingering written into FED, FEJ & FES

No teaching fingering

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In three out of four teaching copies, we find identical Chopinesque entries, indicating a swap of fingers on the c1 note (from 1st to 2nd). The entry in FED is clearest, whereas the one in FEJ – most difficult to read.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 12

composition: Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering

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The poorly legible addition in FES, performed in pencil, most probably marks fingering – it contains two marks, out of which the first is almost certainly a digit '3', which makes us suppose that the second will be a digit too, which we thereby interpret as a '5'. According to us, a similarly placed entry in FEJ, however, does not mark fingering, but a variant in the form of an f1 grace note. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES