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Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
GE1b
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. 15

7 digits in FC (→GE)

10 digits in FE & EE2 (→EE3)

9 digits in EE1

According to us, the differences in the number of fingering digits are most easily explained in the following way. In [A] Chopin introduced 9 digits, as we see it in EE1. The last two were added in FC (→GE), overlooked by the copyist, while the tenth was added by Chopin, proofreading FE. The addition was repeated in EE2 (→EE3). Cf. bars 17-18.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Fingering

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Original in: British Library, London