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Op. 25 No 2, Etude in F minor

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b. 48-50

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

in AW

No indications in CDP, GC (→GE), FE & EE
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It is not entirely clear whether the agogic indications of AW – poco ritenuto in bar 48 and a tempo in bar 50 – may be considered as independent from the remaining performance indications in this section – see the notes to bars 43-45, 47 and 47-48, as well as 49-50. According to us, poco ritenuto is not contrary to smorzando, while a tempo is rather to be linked with  in bar 50 rather than with .

 

 

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 51

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

No indication in AW & EE

in CDP, GC (→GE) & FE
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In AW, where the previous bar ended with  and where the introduction of the leit motif had, as it seems, a clearly different character, the missing indication is not surprising. In turn, omission of the indication in EE is probably a result of the copyist's or engraver's oversight, as it must have already been in [A].

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 62

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

No indication in AW, GC (→#GE0, FE & EE1

leggiero e poco ritard. in EE2 (→EE3)
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The indication added in EE2 (→EE3), obviously non-authentic, does not seem to be accurate – Chopin probably had this type of effect on his mind in bar 57.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 68

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

No marking in AW

 in CDP

 in GC (→GE), FE & EE
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 in CDP must have been written in [A], as we see it copied in GC and only then changed by Chopin to .

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections in GC