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Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

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b. 25

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

 in A (→GE)

 in FE & EE2 (→EE3)
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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.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 25-27

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

decresc. - - in A

 & decresc. in FE

 & decresc. in EE

decresc. in GE1

decresc. - - in GE2 (→GE3)

 i decresc. - - suggested by the editors
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Both basic sets of indications – decresc. in bar 26 in A and GE and  in bars 25-27 and decresc. in bar 27 – are certainly authentic, yet it is unknown which of the versions is later. In the main text we give the differentiated indications of FE and EE, in the shape transferred by FE (we add dashes marking the range of decresc. after A, as omitting them is one of the most frequent inaccuracies of the first editions, which is proved by, for example, GE1 in this place).

 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 26-27

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

g2-e3 repeated in A (→GE) & EE1

g2-e3 repeated in FE & EE2 (→EE3)
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The ties sustaining g2-e3 are most probably a Chopin improvement introduced at the time of proofreading FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes

b. 26-27

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. 26-27

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

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Placement of decresc. – see the note on  in bars 25-27. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions