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Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

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b. 1

composition: Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

Title & dedication in GC

Title & dedication in GE1
 
 

Title & dedication in EE1 & EE3

Title in EE2
 
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In the main text we give the title and dedication in accordance with the title page of the entire opus in GC and FE.
See the Etude in A major, No. 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Dedications , GE revisions

b. 21

composition: Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

No marking in GC (→GE) & EE

in FE

Our variant suggestion
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The  indication was most probably added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE. In the main text we give it in brackets due to its absence in the basic source (GC) and broader context of dynamic differences in the entire middle section of the Etude – see bars 17-19.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 22

composition: Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

No marking in GC, FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)

in GE1
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 in GE1 is most probably an error of the engraver who confused the bars or either did not notice the error at all or forgot to delete the superfluous sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 26-27

composition: Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

No indication in GC (→GE) & FE

in EE

Our variant suggestion
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The dim. indication was probably added by Chopin in the base text to EE. In the main text we give it in brackets, as the issue of chronology of Chopin corrections in three Schtichvorlage manuscripts is, to a significant extent, speculative.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 43

composition: Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

in GC (→GE) & FE

No marking in EE
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The absence of  in EE – unless it is the engraver's oversight – may mean that Chopin overlooked the base text to this edition, adding the hint in Stichvorlage manuscripts. It is also possible that he deleted the sign written before the 2nd beat of the bar, willing to move it to the beginning, yet he did not finish the correction (such a correction can be seen in GC, see also bar 29).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections in GC