GE1
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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 in A

No marking in FE (→GE,EE)

Omission of the  mark written in A may be considered as an ordinary error of the engraver of FE (→GE,EE). However, the consequence with which each mark indicating or strengthening the forte dynamics in the first 16 bars of the Etude (the first  appears together with the new key in bar 17) suggests a possibility of them being removed by Chopin or at least his acceptance of their absence. In this case in the main text we leave the version of editions without determining the starting level of dynamics for bars 1-8. Cf. notes to bars 8 and 16

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: No initial dynamic marking, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Verbal indications

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