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Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

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Issues : fz – f

b. 19

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

 in A (→GE) & EE3

 in FE

 in EE1 (→EE2)

 suggested by the editors
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The type of the sign indicating the local culmination and its exact placement raise some doubts here:

  •  present in A (→GE) could have been replaced with  in the base texts to FE and EE1, which, in this situation, would have been Chopin's latest decision;
  • the  signs in FE and EE1 (→EE2) are placed slightly later and in different places, hence one can suspect an inaccurate reproduction of Chopin's notation or its misunderstanding.

In the main text we suggest a  as a result of Chopin's possible correction, placed in accordance with the musical sense at the beginning of the bar.

EE3 adopted the version of GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: fz – f , Centrally placed marks