Main text
Main text
CLI - Copy by Linowski
Ap - Presentation autograph
FE - French edition
FEcor - Chopin's FE proof
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Fourth German edition
GE5 - Fifth German edition
EE - English edition
EE2 - Second impression of [EE1]
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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  b. 47-48

 & dim. in Ap

 & dim. in FEcor (interpretation)

dim. in FE (→GE,EE

Our variant suggestion

The line written by Chopin in FEcor was probably supposed to designate . It is indicated by the use of exactly this mark in Ap, whose performance markings in the last section of the Etude show a significant concordance with FEcor. However, it is unclear whether Chopin did not finish the mark, as he wanted to waive it, or whether it is a result of distraction (and, e.g., a temporary lack of ink). Therefore, in the main text we suggest a variant solution. The editions do not give this mark. The version of Ap is compatible with the markings of the published version, as far as the substance is concerned (apart from a possibly intentional omission of the  mark in bar 45 in FE). 

Compare the passage in the sources »

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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