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Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

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p. 3, b. 19-28
p. 1, b. 1-8
p. 2, b. 9-18
p. 3, b. 19-28
p. 4, b. 29-38
p. 5, b. 39-49
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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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A - Autograph
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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
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  b. 21

Bass G in AI, A (→CDP,GE1 & GE3) & EE

Bass E in FE & GE1a (→GE2)

The version of the 1st half of the bar, written in AI, A (→CDP,GE1) and EE is undoubtedly earlier. Chopin introduced the final version in proofreadings of FE and GE1a (→GE2), probably in order to avoid parallel octaves at the transition from the previous bar (cf. the commentary to the Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 4, bar 60). GE3 arbitrarily reinstates the version of A.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE, Authentic corrections of GE

notation: Pitch

Missing markers on sources: AI, A, FE1, FE2, FED, FEJ, FES, GE1, GE1a, GE2, GE3, EE1, EE2, EE3, CDP, GE1b
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