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GC - Gutmann's Copy
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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  b. 29

No marking in GC (→GE)

in FE & EE

Our variant suggestion

Chopin's intention in relation to  at the beginning of the bar is unclear. It is both in FE and EE, yet in GC one can see deletion of this sign, hence it is absent in GE. It suggests Chopin's intention to withdraw from this indication. However, in FED, bearing traces of development of the Etude with Chopin,  is written in pencil for the second time (apart from the printed sign), which has to be interpreted as confirmation of its validity. Therefore, it is possible that Chopin hesitated whether to indicate the absolute dynamics level in this place. It cannot be excluded that the correction in GC is unfinished –  was written there only under the 2nd quaver and Chopin could have simply wanted to move it to the beginning of the bar, yet due to distraction he did not write the sign in the new place. This kind of finished shift can be seen in bar 43, in which  written by the copyist under the 2nd quaver was deleted by Chopin and added at the beginning of the bar.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies, Annotations in FED, Authentic corrections in GC

notation: Pitch

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