Issues : Annotations in FED

b. 1

composition: Op. 28 No. 23, Prelude in F major

No fingering in A (→FE,FCGE)

Fingering in EE

Fingering written into FED

Our suggestion based on FED

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In the main text we include the Chopinesque fingering entered into FED (we omit the 321 digits in the 1st half of b. 2, repeated after an identical figure in the 2nd half of b. 1). The same fingering, marked with a greater number of digits, was added in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 4-5

composition: Op. 28 No. 23, Prelude in F major

No fingering in A (→FE,FCGE)

Fingering in EE

Fingering written into FED

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We give Chopin's fingering written into FED in the main text. However, nothing indicates that the fingering in EE could have come from Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 9

composition: Op. 28 No. 23, Prelude in F major

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering

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In the main text, we include the written into FED fingering which have come from Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 14

composition: Op. 28 No. 23, Prelude in F major

Annotation in FED, probable interpretation

No teaching fingering

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It is unclear what the addition in FED under the 12th and 13th semiquavers means. According to us, it is most probably a semiquaver beam; in this context, it has only one meaning, i.e. the marked notes should be played by the L.H. This is meant to facilitate the performance, although it is not obvious at first glance – instead of eliminating the tenth leap, it allows to keep the R.H. in a position that enables its performance. We do not offer this interpretation in the main text due to it being uncertain.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED