mUltimate Chopin

Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
FE1
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. 46

 in AI

FE

GE1 (→GE2→GE3)

EE

No sign in GE4 (→GE5)

According to us, the  hairpins written by Chopin in AI render his intention better than the perhaps inaccurate mark of FE. Shortening the mark in GE1 (→GE2→GE4) and EE gives it a rank of a local detail, not directly related to  in the next bar. It can serve as an inspiration to the performer, yet it does not result from the notation of FE, not to mention the notation of AI.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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