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. 17-18

Fingering in FC (→GE)

Fingering in FE

Fingering in EE1

Fingering in EE2 (→EE3)

In FC (→GE), the fingering is written only in two characteristic places – under the descending chromatic scale in the 2nd half of bar 17, appearing in the Etude for the first time, and at the end of bar 18, where Chopin, at the change of direction of the figuration, indicated a different fingering from the general scheme. More digits in EE1 probably means that, still at the stage of preparing the Stichvorlage manuscripts, the composer considered these indications to be insufficient. Eventually, most probably while proofreading FE, he gave a full fingering of the bottom register and a few further indications for the top. The latter was repeated – without the last digit of the top voice – also in EE2 (→EE3).

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Fingering

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