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b. 3-4

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

  in AT

No signs in AW

  in CDP

  in GC (→GE), FE & EE
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In practice, the differences in the range of the dynamic hairpins, in spite of being quite significant, are of minimal influence on the interpretation of these signs. Lack of hairpins in AW may be a proof of Chopin's inadvertence rather than hesitation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Chopin's hesitations

b. 3

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

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Chopin hesitated whether to put cautionary flats before d1 and d3. The signs are included in the earliest source (AT) and in the published version, including GC (→GE), FE and EE. In turn, in CDP there is only the second of them, while AW included the first one (in the L.H.), yet Chopin eventually deleted it. Despite this fact, in the main text we give exactly this , returned in the later sources and, according to us, justified.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Cautionary accidentals , Deletions in A , Last key signature sign

b. 3

composition: Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

Accent in GC (→GE) & EE

No mark in FE
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The missing accent in FE is probably a result of the engraver's or possibly copyist's oversight. It is also possible that Chopin himself, while completing and correcting the Stichvorlage manuscripts, omitted the base text to FE at the time of adding this sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 3-4

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

Pedalling in A, GE2 (→GE3→GE4) & EE2

No markings in FE (→GE1,EE1)
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The absence of pedalling marks in FE (→EE,GE1) is most probably an oversight of the engraver. The signs were added in GE2 (→GE3→GE4), probably on the basis of comparison with analogous places.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 3

composition: Op. 26 No 1, Polonaise in C♯ minor

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In A Chopin wrote an unnecessary cautionary  next to f. The sign was removed in all editions, however, in GE1 (→GE2) only partially, only in the repetition, whereas in GE3 (→GE4→GE5) already in both places.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals