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b. 8

composition: Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

 in AI

4 accents &  in FE (→EE)

3 accents &  in GE

Our alternative suggestion
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The indications of AI were changed in the version prepared for print, certainly with the participation of Chopin. Therefore, in the main text we give the version of FE (→EE). However, some of its elements can raise certain doubts, particularly the  hairpins and the last accent, overlooked in GE. Therefore, we alternatively suggest a certain interpretation of the notation of FE, based on an assumption of an inaccurate reproduction of Chopin's intention by the engraver.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 8-9

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

d1 repeated in FE (→GE,EE)

d1 tied in A
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In the proofreading of FE1 Chopin removed the tie sustaining d1 at the transition between bars 8 and 9.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 8

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

No markings in AI & CDP

 in A (→GE), FE & EE
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 8

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

a in AI

d1 in A (→CDP,GE), FE & EE
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In A and the remaining sources, the a note, present in AI as the highest note of the 1st figure in the L.H., was replaced by d1. Only in FE the note is not provided with a cautionary flat.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Accompaniment changes

b. 8

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

e in CDP

d in AI, A (→GE), FE & EE
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The version of CDP results in a pianistically uncomfortable cluster of three e notes, played alternately by the right and left hand. Therefore, it is most probably a mistake – the copyist did not notice the difference between the third and fourth figure in this bar and marked the latter as repetition of the previous one. He committed a similar and undeniable, yet more serious, mistake also at the very beginning of the Etude. 

category imprint: Differences between sources