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Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

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Issues : EE revisions

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

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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. 3

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

e2-c3 in A (→GE) & FE

e2-c3 in EE
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The authenticity of the version with c3 is undeniable – Chopin fingered it twice and heard it then during the lessons. However, it cannot be said of the version with c3 – the copyist or reviser of EE could have added a , considering the failure to preserve the rule of parallel movement of the voices to be a sign of mistake. However, it does not mean that it was like that – it could have also been Chopin that introduced this variation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 3

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

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In A (→GE) and FE there is a superfluous  (cautionary?) before d2. The absence of the sign in EE may be result of a revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 3

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

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before e3; the addition was already introduced in GE and repeated in EE3. In GE2 (→GE3) a poorly justified cautionary  was added also before d3 (as well as an erroneous  before the bottom note of the 10th sixth).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 7-8

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

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In A, FE and EE1 there is no cancellation of a few previously raised notes in chromatic passages:

  • in A and FE there is no  returning f2 at the end of bar 7 and two flats in bar 8 – returning a2 in the 8th sixth and e3 in the 10th sixth;
  • EE is missing the above three and flats returning g2 in the 10th sixth and d3 in the 12th sixth in bar 8.

The remaining editions introduced additions to these patent oversights (some of all):

  • GE1 added the  returning a2 in the 8th sixth in bar 8, while GE2 (→GE3) also the rest of the overlooked signs;
  • EE2 (→EE3) added the flats returning a2 in the 8th sixth, g2 in the 10th sixth and d3 in the 12th sixth in bar 8, which resulted in the same text as in GE1.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Errors of A