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Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
GE1
Main text
AI - Working 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
GE1a - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Fourth German edition
GE5 - Fifth German edition
EE - English edition
EE2 - First English edition
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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No metronome marking in AI

Metronome marking in FE (→GE,EE)

The metronome tempo marking was added – undoubtedly by Chopin – only at the stage of preparing the Etude for print: in [A] or in a proofreading of FE. 

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issues: Metronome tempos

notation: Verbal indications

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