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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  b. 21-26

It is hard to determine whether it was Chopin that introduced the change of key marking – in [A] or proofreading FE – or it was a result of the engraver's error. The error is justified with flats before g in bar 24 and g1 in bar 25, apparently added in FE just in print. The notation with five flats is more justified from the point of view of the harmonic flow – the key that dominates from bar 22 to the beginning of bar 25 is B minor. In spite of this, in the main text we give the notation of FE (→GE,EE), as Chopin did not take the opportunity to correct it in a proofreading of FE. Cf. the Etude in A major, No. 10, bars 29-31.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

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