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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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a2-e3-a3 in AI, FE & EE

a2-a3 in A (→CDP,GE)

Both versions are certainly authentic, yet their chronology raises some doubts. The version with e3 was probably created earlier, as in AI it is already written with ink. Therefore, the octave in A is to be considered as one of these Chopin improvements that appeared in A with no traces of changing the version of AI (cf., e.g., bars 1, 7, 8). However, if – which seems to be likely – the base texts for FE and EE were copies of A, one should assume that Chopin added an e3 in them, thus returning to the original concept. However, not being entirely certain in this respect, in the main text we preserve the lighter version of A (→GE).  

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations

notation: Pitch

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