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b. 7

composition: Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

No grace note in GC (→GE), FE & EE

Grace note in FED

Our variant suggestion
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The grace note indicating the manner of beginning the trill – from the top note – was written by Chopin in FED. Similarly in analogous bar 51. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 7

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

Quaver in A

Crotchet in FE (→GE1,EE), 1st instance only

Crotchet in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5)
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Chopin added a crotchet stem in the L.H. to the g quaver in the proofreading of FE1. The absence of this correction in the analogous bar in the written repetition in the editions most probably results from Chopin's oversight. We directly include this minor improvement in the main text, which corresponds to both analogous bars in the first editions. An addition was respectively performed in the bar being a repetition of bar 7 also in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 7

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

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In GE1 there is no  raising b2 to b2. The mistake was corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

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In A, FE and EE1 there is no cancellation of a few previously raised notes in chromatic passages:

  • in A and FE there is no  returning f2 at the end of bar 7 and two flats in bar 8 – returning a2 in the 8th sixth and e3 in the 10th sixth;
  • EE is missing the above three and flats returning g2 in the 10th sixth and d3 in the 12th sixth in bar 8.

The remaining editions introduced additions to these patent oversights (some of all):

  • GE1 added the  returning a2 in the 8th sixth in bar 8, while GE2 (→GE3) also the rest of the overlooked signs;
  • EE2 (→EE3) added the flats returning a2 in the 8th sixth, g2 in the 10th sixth and d3 in the 12th sixth in bar 8, which resulted in the same text as in GE1.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

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In A (→GE1) and FE the only cautionary sign in these bars is the  next to d1 in the L.H. in bar 8 (in EE there is also a  before c3 in bar 7). The flat was omitted – not without a reason – in GE2 (→GE3), whereas a few others were added: before e2 and d2-b2 in bar 7 and g2-e3 and d3 in bar 8. In the main text we consider the first and last from the aforementioned signs, while still adding a  before g1 in bar 7 (due to the similarity of combination of bars 6-7 with bars 2-3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals