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Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
FE1
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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  b. 36-38

No markings in AI

 in A (→GE), FE & EE

Lack of pedal change in AI on the 2nd beat of bar 36 and 38 is an earlier version, completed by Chopin in A and repeated in this form in the remaining sources. Similarly in bars 40-41. In the entire final part of the Etude, in the final version, Chopin opted for rather more frequent pedal changes.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

notation: Pedalling

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