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Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

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Issues : Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 1

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

 in GC (→GE)

 in FE & EE
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It is hard to evaluate how the difference in the range of  hairpins was created. It is not certain whether the sign in GC (→GE) was rewritten by the copyist or added by Chopin – it differs both from the signs written certainly by Gutmann (e.g., in bar 22) and the signs certainly added by the composer (e.g., in bar 24 and 45-46). Taking into account the fact that Chopin could have extended the hairpins in the remaining manuscripts, as well as a possibility of an erroneous interpretation of the notation of GC – 6th and 7th note (a and g), as falling after diminuendo, one could consider them as the most silent – in the main text we give the version of FE and EE. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins

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