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Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
A
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. 39

No markings in AI

 in CDP

 in A

 in FE

 in EE

 in GE1

 in GE2 (→GE3)

 

It is hard to state which of the differently placed  marks of different length is closest to Chopin's intention (see the note to analogous bar 37). In this situation, in the main text we suggest – similarly as in that bar – a compromise solution. 

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE, Scope of dynamic hairpins, Inaccuracies in A

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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