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Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
FC
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. 51

Minim in FC

Dotted minim in FE & EE1 (→EE2)

Minim with rest in GE & EE3

In this bar, due to the change of harmony on the 3rd beat of the bar, the issue of sustaining the d minim to the end of the bar has a crucial practical meaning. Therefore, the version of FC is probably a mistake, additionally confirmed by the rest, added arbitrarily in GE (and EE3). 

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, GE revisions, Inaccuracies in FC

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa