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Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
EE2
Main text
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana'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. 39-40

No signs in A (→FE) & EE1 (→EE2)

 in A (→GE) & EE3

Same as in bars 9-10, Chopin added here two  signs. This time, however, he did it only in FC (→GE). Generally, in bars 39-52 Chopin added the highest number of dynamic signs in FC (in bars 39-42, 44-50 and 52-53). EE has them only in bars 41-42 and 49, while A only in bars 44-45.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Royal Academy of Music, Library, Londyn