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Op. 25 No 2, Etude in F minor

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b. 18

composition: Op. 25 No 2, Etude in F minor

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering
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In the main text we give the fingering written into FED. The first numeral, written in FES, does not have to mean the same fingering, although it is possible.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FES

b. 18-20

composition: Op. 25 No 2, Etude in F minor

Slur in AT

Slurs in AW (contextual interpretation)

Slurs in CDP, GC (→GE), FE & EE
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In AT the slur beginning in bar 18 reaches simply until the end of the manuscript, which perhaps influenced the simplified notation without marking the return of the initial thought of the Etude.
In AW the slur reaches – inaccurately – until the end of bar 17, while bars 18-19 are generally not embraced with a slur. However, it seems that the slur being a brace limiting the range of the first volta was treated by Chopin as phrasing one (similarly the slur of the second volta in bar 20).

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

b. 19-20

composition: Op. 25 No 2, Etude in F minor

Fingering written into AW in bars 50-51

No handwritten fingering.
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See General Editorial Principles, p. 17.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 19

composition: Op. 25 No 2, Etude in F minor

 in AT, CDP & FE

 in AW

 in GC (→GE) & EE
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An earlier pedal release is the original concept, written in AT, AW and most probably in [A], which is proved by CDP and the sign written by the copyist in GC. The sign was then deleted by Chopin; the composer introduced a similar correction probably also in the base text to EE. Leaving in FE the earlier version may point to [A] as base text for this edition – Chopin corrected both copies in this place, yet not the autograph (however, it is not the only possible scenario).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

b. 20-32

composition: Op. 25 No 2, Etude in F minor

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The score of AT ends in the middle of bar 20, while the following part is signalised as itd. (et cetera). In the following part of the Etude, the source is not considered in the notes.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Incomplete sources