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Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

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b. 47

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

Pedalling in FC & FE

Pedalling in GE

No pedalling in EE
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The missing pedalling in EE must be an oversight. It cannot be excluded that it was Chopin himself that overlooked the base text to EE, completing the pedalling markings in this bar (in FC one can see that in bars 46-47 they were added by Chopin).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 48

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

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EE1 (→EE2) has a cautionary  only before d. The sign before the D minim – present in all the remaining sources – was added in EE3. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 48-49

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

Shorter slur in FC (→GE1)

Longer slur in FE & GE2 (→GE3)

Two slurs in EE
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In the main text we give the slur of FE, embracing also the g note, ending the phrase. Such a longer slur was introduced also in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 49-50

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

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In FC the 3rd and 4th group of semiquavers in bar 49 and last three in bar 50 are written in an abbreviated manner as repetition of the group preceding the // signs, written with notes.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 49

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

B1 in FC (→GE) & EE

G1 In FE
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Compliance of FC (→GE) and EE allows to suppose that B1 was also in [A], while G1 in FE is a result of Chopin proofreading. Most probably it was actually a correction of quite a frequently encountered mistake in Chopin's works concerning the number of ledger lines (cf., e.g., the Etude in Gmajor, Op. 10 No. 5, bar 72.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors of FC