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Op. 25 No 2, Etude in F minor

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b. 1-14

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

No unauthentic fingering

Fingering added in EE2 (→EE3)
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Nothing indicates a possible, even partial authenticity of the fingering added in EE2 (→EE3). Therefore, differently than in the Etudes, Op. 10, in which the author of the fingering was Chopin's friend, Julian Fontana, we give them in italics in a smaller font.

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issues: EE revisions

b. 1

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

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In AW bars 20-36 are marked as repetition of bars 1-17:

  • bars 1-19 are included in the repetition sign,
  • bars 18-19 are marked as 1a volta, followed by 2a volta, beginning from bar 37.

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b. 1-14

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

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In AT the Etude is written in 2/4 time signature, in two times smaller values – semiquaver triplets in the R.H. and quaver triplets in the L.H. It is the original concept, abandoned by Chopin not later than at the time of writing AW. The triplets of the L.H. do not have slurs in AT, which was probably related to the fact that the triplet grouping of the quavers unambiguously results from their beams.

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issues: Changes of metre

b. 1-14

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

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The slurs in the L.H. appeared in the notation of the Etude together with the transition to two times bigger rhythmic values – in AT, where the part of the L.H. is written with quaver triplets, there are no slurs. However, the consistency with which Chopin wrote them throughout the entire piece may mean that their function probably exceeds the indication of a rhythmic grouping, suggesting also the legato articulation. 

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b. 1-2

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

Slurs in AT

Slur in AW, CDP, GC (→GE), FE & EE
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AT has a clearly different slurring here, reflecting, to a significant extent, the structure of the phrase: the upbeat is not included in the phrasing slur, while above each bars 1-2, there is a separate slur. Cf. bars 6-8, 9-10, 16-17, 18-20.

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