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Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
FE1
Main text
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. 42

in FC (→GE1)

in FE & EE

twice in GE2 (→GE3)

Both indications present in the sources are authentic. In the main text we give , as in FC one can see deletion of the letter 'z' in the previously written . Therefore, it is possible that Chopin considered  to be more accurate. The change in GE2 (→GE3) cannot come from Chopin. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions, Authentic corrections of FC

notation: Verbal indications

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Original in: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris