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Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
AI
Main text
AI - Earlier autograph
A - Autograph
CDP - Copy for Delfina Potocka
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected reprint of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected reprint of GE1
GE1b - Flawed impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected reprint of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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 in bar 1 in AI, FE & EE

 from anacrusis in A (→GE)

It is not clear whether according to Chopin the  mark refers to the crotchet of the upbeat or to the entrance of the L.H. Similar marks in bars 4, 5, 8, 12, 16 (of these on the 1st page of A) are written clearly before the note they concern, which would point to the second possibility. Such pedalling is given by FE and EE. In the main text we adopt the interpretation of GE – pedal from the upbeat:

  • it is compatible with the literal interpretation of A – the  mark fits entirely before the bar line, while it begins even slightly before the crotchet rest,
  • such pedalling is natural both in terms of sound and piano technique,
  •  and  marks are in a similar place in A, while the dynamic indication is certainly binding from the beginning of the piece.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

notation: Pedalling

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