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Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 24

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

 in GC (→GE)

Short accent on d1 in FE & EE

Possible long accent
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The sign in GC does not seem to be an accent on d1 – it is clearly placed between the notes, rather closer to the c1 quaver and it is clearly symmetrical in relation to the  hairpins in bar 23. Short accents visible in this place in FE and EE suggest, however, a possibility of an inaccurate reproduction of the notation of [A] by Gutmann. Therefore, we suggest a long accent as an alternative interpretation of the notation of all sources. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 25-26

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

No sign in GC (→GE) & EE

 in FE
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The  hairpins, present only in FE, were added by Chopin probably at the time of proofreading this edition.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 44

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

 in GC (→GE) & EE

 in FE
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 in GC (→GE) and EE is the original version, changed by Chopin in the proofreading of FE, in which the indication was deleted, while  hairpins were added.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 45-47

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

 in GC

No sign in FE

 in EE

 in GE1

 in GE2 (→GE3)
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The  hairpins were added by Chopin in GC and most probably in the base text to EE. In the main text we reproduce the range of the sign in GC, the versions of the remaining sources are probably (EE) or certainly (GE) inaccurate.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 52

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

 in GC (→GE), FE & EE3

No sign in EE1 (→EE2)
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The missing  hairpins in EE1 (→EE2) is almost certainly an inaccuracy of notation – it was either Chopin that forgot to add them in the base text or the engraver who overlooked them.

category imprint:

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE