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Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 24

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

No signs in AI, CDP & EE

  in A (→GE) & FE
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The missing dynamic hairpins in EE is rather an oversight of the copyist or engraver, as the signs were written in A (→GE) and included in FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 24-25

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

cresc. – – in AI

 in A

 in CDP

 in FE & GE

 & cresc. in EE
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None of the sources which were, directly or indirectly, based on A reproduce precisely the range of the  hairpins. In the main text, we faithfully adhere to the notation of A, in spite of the fact that beginning the crescendo only at the beginning of bar 25, where a new slur starts, may seem to be more natural. See also the note concerning cresc.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 26-27

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

No signs in AI & A (→CDP,GE)

 in FE

  in EE

  suggested by the editors
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The dynamic hairpins of FE and EE were most probably added by Chopin still in the copies, being base texts for these editions. Thus it is difficult to state whether it is EE with a pair of signs that is later or FE with  only. In the main text we generally adopt the indications of EE, as being the most complete; we modify only the range of the first  sign (in bar 26) on the basis of FE, considering the interpretation of the manuscript by the engraver to be probably inaccurate (cf. even shorter, compatible signs of FE and EE in bar 27).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 28

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

Long accent in AI

No sign in A (→CDP,GE)

 in FE & EE
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The  hairpins must have been written in this form by Chopin in the base texts to FE and EE. The long accent in AI is certainly the original version of the dynamic indications – cf., e.g., bars 1-2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 29

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

Accent on d2 in AI

 & accent on c3 in A

Accent on c3 in CDP

 & accent on c3 in FE & EE

 & accent on f2 in GE1

 & accent on c3 in GE2 (→GE3)
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The earlier version of AI enables to observe the changes in the dynamics and accentuation of this bar – Chopin moved the accent from the first to the 4th beat of the bar and added  in the 1st half of the bar. The sign of accent in A, written inaccurately, was undoubtedly erroneously reproduced in GE1, which was only partially corrected in GE2 (→GE3). The interpretation adopted in the main text is confirmed by the signs in FE and EE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , GE revisions