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Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 20

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

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The fourth semiquaver in the R.H. in A is written too low, so it resembles rather a d1 than an e1. This is how it was interpreted in GE1 (→GE1a). The erroneous d1 is also present in CDP and EE, while the visible traces in FE prove that initially also this edition included d1. It constitutes a strong argument for – indirect or direct – provenience of all these sources from A. Apart from AI and FE, the correct text is also to be found in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Inaccurate note pitch in A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 32-33

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

f1-g1-f1-f1 in AI

e1-e1-e1-d1 in A (→CDP,GE), FE & EE
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In the original version, written in AI, the bottom notes of the figuration in the R.H. doubled the melodic line – (e1)-f1-g1-f1-f1. In A, Chopin deleted four of them, writing the version which was eventually included in all editions. He performed a respective change – from c1 to f1 – also on the 3rd semiquaver from the end in the L.H. (f1 in the L.H. at the beginning of bar 33 is already written correctly). Cf. notes to bar 28 and 33-34.

In GE1 (→GE2), the 4th semiquaver in bar 33 is an f1 instead of d1. This patent error in this context was corrected in GE3 (→#GE4). 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes