GE1b
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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. 4

No fingering in FC (→GE) & EE1

Fingering in FE & EE2 (→EE3)

The additional fingering digit in FE can be explained with Chopin proofreading of this edition, which is supported by numerous additions of these types over the entire Etude. In the case of EE2 (→EE3), an authentic proofreading is out of the question (cf. the Etude in F minor, No. 2), hence one should assume that the reviser of EE2 used a copy of FE while performing additions. Apart from the digit in bar 4, fingering was added in bars 8-10, 11, 14-15, 17-26. It is noticeable that EE2 repeats the majority of, yet not all fingering digits included in FE. In some situations, one can explain it with an oversight, e.g., at the transition between bars 14-15, yet omission of additions in bars 37-41 could have been intentional.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Fingering

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