mUltimate Chopin

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. 86

g2-e3 in FC (→GE1)

e3 in FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)

As the 9th semiquaver, FC (→GE1) features a g2-e3 sixth. The unjustified breaking of the rule of figuration structure adopted by Chopin undoubtedly indicates a mistake of the copyist. The error was corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions, Errors of FC

notation: Pitch

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Original in: Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa