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Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 29-30

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

No fingering in GC (→GE), FE & EE1

Fingering in EE2 (→EE3)
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The fingering added in EE2 (→EE3) is non-authentic.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 39

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

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In GC, FE and EE1 (→EE2) there is no  lowering c1 to c1, whereas in FE there is also no sign before c in the L.H. The necessary signs were added in FES, GE and EE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Annotations in FES

b. 42-43

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

One ten. in GC (→GE) & EE3

Two ten. in FE

No indications in EE2 (→EE3)
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The ten. indication in bar 43 – present both in FE and GC (→GE) – was most probably already in the manuscripts. In turn, the one in bar 42 was most probably added by Chopin in the proofreading of FE, which is indicated by the bigger font in comparison with the remaining ones (in bars 18-19 and 43). The appearance of one ten. in EE3 proves the access of the reviser to GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 52

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

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Taking into account the highly predictable structure of the chromatic scale, we do not include cautionary accidentals in it. FE includes a  before F, while GC (→GE1) also before f. Each of these versions of notation can be authentic. In turn, seven cautionary signs in EE (F, A, B, c, f, a, c1) and nine in GE2 (→GE3) – featuring also e and b – are certainly a result of editorial interventions. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , FE revisions

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