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Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

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Main text
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Fourth German edition
EE - English edition
EE3 - Corrected impression of [EE2]
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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  b. 9

No arpeggio signs in A (→FE)

Arpeggio signs in GE & EE

The omission of arpeggios in A (→FE) is probably a preview of the transition to the abbreviated notation used in subsequent bars. There is no doubt that Chopin did not want to change the notation here, not to mention the performance.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in A

notation: Ornaments

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