mUltimate Chopin

A - Autograph

Fair score intended as Stichvorlage for the first French edition

Maurice Schlesinger, Paris, plate number M S 1399:
FE1 – First French edition, VI 1833,
FE2 – corrected impression of FE1, probably soon afterwards.

Henry Lemoine, Paris, from XII 1842, plate number 2775. HL.:
FE3 = FE2 with changed cover and plate number.

Three copies with annotations originating from Chopin:
FED – FE3 copy belonging to Camille O'Méara-Dubois,
FEJ – FE3 copy belonging to Ludwika Jędrzejewicz,
FES – FE3 copy belonging to Jane Stirling.

Fr. Kistner, Leipzig, plate number 1019.
GE1 – First German edition, VIII 1833,
GE2 – Second German edition, after 1840,
GE3 – Third German edition, ca. 1850,
GE4 – Fourth German edition, additional plate number 2968, ca. 1865.

Wessel & C^o, London, plate number (W&C^o.N^o.961).
[EE1] – First impression not found, perhaps different from [EE2], VIII 1833,
[EE2] – Probably the first English edition, 1835-1836 (not found),
EE3 – Corrected impression of [EE2], 1836-1837,
EE4 – Revised impression of EE2, 1858.

Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

A - Autograph

FE - French edition

GE - German edition

EE - English edition

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