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b. 3

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

No signs in AI & CDP

  in A

  in GE

  in EE

  in FE

Our suggestion
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Chopin added the dynamic indication in this bar only at the time of preparing the Etude for print. Initially, he provided the f2 note with an accent (as in bar 2), yet eventually he chose a pair of   hairpins. However, the signs are imprecise – the arms of the first one are of different length, while the second seems to be shortened in order to avoid a possible illegible mergence of the sign with the note in the L.H. or the semiquaver beam in the R.H. (GE reproduced it in such a way). In the main text we suggest an interpretation of the hairpins of A based on the above analysis and comparison with FE and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Deletions in A

b. 3

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

Fingering in FED

No teaching fingering
..

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 3

composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor

in A

No marking in FE (→GE,EE)
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It is not certain if  written in A was deliberately omitted in FE (→GE,EE). Given an identical indication appearing two bars earlier, Chopin's correction seems probable. Similarily in bar 107, see also bar 155.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 3

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

Fingering in FED

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 3-4

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

'4' written into FES

Our suggestion

No teaching fingering
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In the main text we list the complementary fingering versions written in different sources in this bar and its subsequent repetitions:

  • '1' written into AW in bar 53,
  • '4' written into FES,
  • '3' written into FES in bar 54

(cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 17).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES