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Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 24

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

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In FE there are no accidentals before the 7th and 8th demisemiquavers. This frequent inaccuracy in Chopin notation was most probably repeated after the manuscript. Chopin partially corrected his mistake in GC and FED, adding a  raising g to g. EE and GE include the correct notation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 26

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

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering

Fingering in EE2 (→EE3)

Suggested combination of Chopin's indications
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The fingering of both copies complements each other, hence in the main text we give it together. The fingering added by the reviser of EE2 (→EE3) is entirely compatible in this bar with the one following from Chopin indications. It also concerns the fingering of the first, thirteen-note group of demisemiquavers in EE – see a previous note in this bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FES

b. 27

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

Fingering digit written in FES

No teaching fingering

Fingering in EE2 (→EE3)
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The fingering added by the reviser of EE2 (→EE3) is undoubtedly the only numeral written by Chopin in this bar in FES.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FES

b. 28

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

One pedal in GC (→GE) & EE3

Two pedals in FE

 in EE1 (→EE2)
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Chopin may have added the pedalling of this bar in all Stichvorlage manuscripts (certainly in GC, in which Chopin's hand is easily recognisable). However, he did not coordinate his entries – hence the differences between the sources. In the main text we give the most accurate indications of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 28

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

No fingering in GC (→GE), FE & EE1

Fingering in EE2 (→EE3)
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions