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Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

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p. 2, b. 1-22
p. 1
p. 2, b. 1-22
p. 3, b. 23-46
p. 4, b. 47-65
A - Autograph
Main text
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's Copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected reprint of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected reprint of GE1
GE1b - Flawed impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected reprint of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's Copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected reprint of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected reprint of GE1
GE1b - Flawed impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected reprint of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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copy link PDF A - Autograph

Original in: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris


  b. 1

 in A (→FE) & GE2 (→GE3)

 in #CF

 in GE1 & EE

According to us, placing  in A only at the beginning of bar 1 is an example of Chopin's using a manner of putting the indications inside, and not at the beginning of, the area of their validity, which is not used at all today. It is also possible that Chopin feared the suggestion that the indication refers only to the L.H., yet this risk also seems to be negligible in our times. In FC Fontana put the sign slightly earlier, so that in GE1 it was printed at the very beginning of the piece. The interpretation was reviewed in GE2 (→GE3).

Compare the passage in the sources»

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions, Inaccuracies in FC, Centrally placed marks

notation: Verbal indications

Missing markers on sources: FC, A, EE1, EE2, EE3, FE1, FE2, GE3, FED, FEJ, FES, GE1, GE1a, GE2, GE1b
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