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Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

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b. 4

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

No fingering in FC (→GE) & EE

Fingering in FE
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The fingering under the first three semiquavers in the bar was added by Chopin most probably at the time of proofreading FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 4

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

No fingering in FC (→GE) & EE1

Fingering in FE & EE2 (→EE3)
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Chopin added the fingering digit over the last semiquaver probably in the proofreading of FE. The same digit added in EE2 (→EE3) is most probably an editorial revision, introduced probably on the basis of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 5

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

Fingering in FC (→GE) & EE

Fingering in FE

Fingering written into FED, contextual interpretation

Suggested complement to FED fingering
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The chromatic third progression has two fingering versions in the sources:

  1. The fingering of FE (→GE) and EE, including 13 thirds in bar 5, printed also in FE in a completed version (the addition, undoubtedly performed by Chopin, was almost certainly introduced in the proofreading of this edition). All remaining chromatic progressions in this Etude were fingered by Chopin according to this scheme.
  2. The fingering written in FED over eight thirds in the 1st half in bar 5. According to us, they are to be interpreted as different from the printed proposal of fingering for the entire chromatic scale in these bars. Taking into account the fact that the first fingering was eventually indicated next to each third, we suggest a similar generalisation also for the second scheme, added in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Differences in fingering , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 8-10

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

No fingering in FC (→GE) & EE1

Fingering in FE

Fingering in EE2 (→EE3)
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The fingering of FE, undoubtedly coming from Chopin, is almost certainly an addition introduced in the proofreading of this edition. The fingering was repeated in EE2 (→EE3), adding a '1' at the end of bar 8 (evident mistake).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 14-15

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

No fingering in FC (→GE) & EE1

Fingering in FE

Fingering in EE2 (→EE3)
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The fingering of FE, coming undoubtedly from Chopin, was most probably added in the proofreading of this edition. The fingering was then repeated – inaccurately, without the last '5' in bar 14 and '2' in bar 15 – in EE2 (→EE3). It is characteristic that both here and in bars 17-18, Chopin probably considered the fingering of the top voice to be more natural than of the bottom one, since he gave only a few digits over the notes. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE