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Issues : Metronome tempos

b. 1

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

No marking in AI & A

in FE

in GE & EE
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Chopin added the metronome indication at the time of proofreading FE. The value of crotchet in GE and EE is certainly erroneous – even with a quaver the tempo seems to be very fast and it has not been obeyed by the pianists for over one hundred years.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Errors in GE , Metronome tempos

b. 1

composition: Op. 25 No 2, Etude in F minor

in AT

in AW

in CDP, GC (→GE), FE & EE
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Initially, Chopin – in AT and AW – considered Agitato to be a more important indication characterising the Etude than Presto, which he wrote only in AT. However, eventually, while preparing the work for print, he decided to leave Presto only. According to us, it can reflect the change of the piece's character, perhaps together with clarification of the concept of the entire opus.
In the earlier manuscripts there is no metronome tempo.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Metronome tempos , Changes of tempo markings

b. 1

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

in A (→FE)

in FC (→GE) & EE
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The values of the metronome tempo, both 120 in A and 160 in FC, were written with Chopin's hand, it was most probably also the case in the manuscript base text to EE. Therefore, in the main text we give 160, present in two authentic sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A , Metronome tempos

b. 1

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

No marking in ATut

Metronome marking in FE (→GE,EE)
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The missing metronome marking in Atut proves that Chopin added it in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Metronome tempos , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 1

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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The engraver of GE mistook the order of the digits in the metronome marking, placing '48' instead of '84.'

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Metronome tempos