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Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 1-6

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

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Chopin's intention of providing all bass notes with staccato dots remains beyond any doubt, despite the fact that in A the last dot is missing (or it is written in an unclear manner). It is FE and GE2 (→GE3) that include the totally correct notation in this respect. In the remaining editions, the notation is more or less inaccurate – GE completely omits the dots in these bars, while EE puts them only next to a few notes, rather accidentally (one dot was omitted in each of the following bars: 1-3 and 5-6).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in A

b. 7-8

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

  in A

  in FE

  in GE

  in EE
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The sources generally do not differ in the moment of starting the  sign (in GE it was moved to the beginning of the triplet, adjusting it – according to its manner – to the rhythmic division), whereas the fact of ending the hairpins earlier in FE may influence the interpretation. In the main text we give the signs based on A (and very similar in this respect EE), yet the most probably authentic indications of FE seem to be equally justified. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 19

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

Staccato dot in A, FE & EE1 (→EE2)

No mark in GE & EE3
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GE overlooked the staccato dot at the beginning of the bar. It is most probably a result of an erroneous interpretation of Chopin correction in A. The dot was also deleted in EE3, perhaps as a side effect of adopting the version with the octave from GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in GE

b. 25

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

Long accent in A (→GE1)

Short accent in EE & GE2 (→GE3)

No mark in FE
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The long accent in A (→GE1) was added in GE2 (→GE3), as well as in EE, as short. FE omitted the sign, which may be an inaccuracy resulting from introducing changes in print (similarly as in the case of the staccato dot – see the adjacent note).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies

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