EE2 - Corrected reprint of EE1
| Publisher: | Wessel & Co. |
| Date: | ⇒1840 |
| Title: | Douze Etudes || No. 13 |
| Dedication: | None |
In the case of this Etude, one should rather talk about the second edition, as the note text of EE2 was engraved from scratch. We preserve the name compatible with the remaining Etudes of the book.
Among the changes introduced in EE2 one can mention:
- corrections of mistakes in bars 5 and 33 (but not in bar 20);
- addition of the accidentals overlooked in EE1;
- minor changes in the slurring, e.g., in bars 14-15.
Apart from the above changes of a rather ordering character, totally new, arbitrary and not resulting from the existing notation were introduced – fingering in bars 1 and 3 and accents in bars 40-43 were added.
The copy presented in mUltimate Chopin comes from a later impression (1843), in which the individual title page was replaced with the cover of the Wessel & Co's Complete Collection of the Compositions of Frederic Chopin series. EE2 was then reprinted with further versions of this collective cover (completed with next Chopin pieces published by Wessel) until ca. 1858, when certain modifications were performed in the note text (see the characteristics of EE3). EE2 also includes copies of this Etude published separately. All versions of EE2 with a collective cover, as well as those published separately, are devoid of the authentic dedication.
| Original in: | Royal Academy of Music, Library, London |
| Shelf-mark: | 4 Chopin 10 (3) |