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Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
FE1
Main text
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected reprint of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Another copy of #GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected reprint of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 25

 in A (→GE)

 in FE & EE2 (→EE3)

The earlier pedal release, marked in A (→GE) and still earlier – in EE1, are written in the sources transferring the original version of the bass motif in bars 25-26 (with single notes). Relation of pedalling with the sound of the bass progression seems to be quite likely, hence in the main text we give  at the end of the bar, in accordance with FE, in which Chopin introduced an improved version of the bass.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

notation: Pedalling

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