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Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

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b. 1

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

Title & dedication in A

Title & dedication in GE1

Title & dedication in GE2 (→GE3)

Title & dedication in FE

Title & dedication in EE1 & EE3

Title in EE2

Our suggestion
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In the main text we give the title and dedication after the title page of the entire opus in A and FE.
See the Etude in A major, No. 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Dedications , GE revisions

b. 1

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 1

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

a-e1 in A (→GE) & FE

g-e1 in EE
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In A the bottom note of the 4th quaver was corrected by Chopin from g to a (similarly in bars 2, 5, 6 and 22). In the 1st bar, the result of this correction is not that obvious, at the first sight, and the version of EE proves that probably the copyist preparing the base text for this edition misinterpreted Chopin's intention.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections , Accompaniment changes

b. 1

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

molto legato in A (→GE) & EE

legato in FE
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It is unclear how the difference in the indications arose. FE does not bear any traces of correction (deletion of molto). In the main text we reproduce the notation of A (→GE) and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 1

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

mezza voce in A (→GE) & EE

No indication in FE
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According to us, it is an oversight that is a more likely explanation for the absence of the mezza voce indication in FE rather than a possible Chopin's correction, whose effect would be a total resignation from indicating dynamics at the beginning of the piece.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE