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b. 8

composition: Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering

Our variant suggestion

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In fact, the numerals written into FED and FES can be treated jointly, yet, most probably, they indicate different fingering of the first five semiquavers:

  • 5-4-3-2-1 in FED,
  • 3-2-1-3-1 or 4-3-1-3-1 in FES.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Differences in fingering , Annotations in FES

b. 8

composition: Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

Dotted rhythm in GC (→GE) & EE

Even semiquavers in FE

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The authenticity of the dotted rhythm in GC (→GE) and EE does not raise any doubts. The equal semiquavers of FE may be considered as a result of inattention of the engraver or misunderstanding of the handwritten base text, yet the version can be also a result of Chopin's correction, introduced still in the manuscript or proofreading of FE. As one of the traces of possible changes performed in print, one can consider the too long slur, adjusted to the note being closer to the bar line than the visible g semiquaver.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes , Dotted or even rhythm

b. 8

composition: Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

No mark in GC (→GE) & EE

Long accent in FE

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 9-10

composition: Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

No slurs in GC (→GE1)

One-bar slur in FE

Two-bar slur in EE

Slurs in GE2 (→GE3)

Our suggestion

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Both the absence of the slur in GC (→GE1) and the one-bar slur of FE have to be considered as an inaccuracy of notation. In turn, the slur of EE is most probably authentic and we adopt it as the base of the main text. However, we shift its beginning in such a way that it included also the grace note, as it can be seen in analogous situations in GC (bars 1 and 45) and FE (bar 45). It cannot be excluded that the copyist confused the staves and wrote the slur of the L.H., running from the beginning of the bar, over the R.H. A two-bar slur was added also in GE2 (→GE3), together with a conventional slur of the grace note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 11-12

composition: Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

Fingering written in FES

No teaching fingering

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The fingering is written with the pupil's hand, most probably in the place of the less legible, pencilled fingering written by Chopin (cf. bars 13 and 14).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES