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Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 43

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

Slur in FC (→GE) & EE

Wedge & slur in FE
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The most detailed articulation indications in FE are most probably a result of Chopin proofreading.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

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

b. 51

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

3. finger in FC (→GE) & EE

1. finger in FE

Our variant suggestion
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The third finger, written in all three Stichvorlage manuscripts – FC (→GE) and base texts to FE and EE – was changed by Chopin to first while proofreading FE. Hence the composer resigned from repeating the fingering arrangement appearing at the beginning of this bar in favour of full compatibility with the basic fingering scheme of minor third chromatic passages, defined at the beginning of the Etude (bars 5-6 and 9-10). However, taking into account the fact that the changes of the direction of movement naturally offer an opportunity for minor, local deviations, not breaching the general rules, in the main text we give both versions of Chopin fingering.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 51

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

No fingering in FC (→GE) & EE

Fingering in FE
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The fingering of the 10th, 11th and 12th third, appearing only in FE, was almost certainly added at the time of proofreading FE, together with the change of the digit under the 9th third – see the adjacent note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 57

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

Fingering in FC (→GE) & EE

Fingering in FE
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Chopin completed and changed the beginning of fingering of the top voice in the proofreading of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE