Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

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. 10

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

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In A (→GE1) and FE there is no  raising d to d. This characteristic inaccuracy was corrected in EE and GE2 (→GE3). The latter also added a  before a2 on the 4th quaver, poorly justified  before a on the 8th quaver and a completely incomprehensible  before c2 on the 10th quaver.

We also add a  before d2 on the 8th quaver of the bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

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. 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

b. 32-33

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

Fingering for 13 sixths in A & GE2 (→GE3)

Fingering for 24 sixths in FE

Fingering in GE1 (12 sixths)

Fingering for 13 sixths in EE

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The partially different fingering of EE (the differences include 5 sixths, from the 6th to the 10th quaver in bar 32) is uncomfortable to such an extent that one can suspect a mistake of the engraver who could have, for example, mistaken the groups of quavers – he wrote the fingering of the 9th and 10th sixths over the 6th and 7th quavers, while he placed the numerals foreseen for the 5th-7th sixths over the 8th-10th quavers.
The fingering of the entire bar 33, present only in FE, was most probably added by Chopin in the proofreading.
GE1 omitted the numerals written at the beginning of bar 33 in A; the inaccuracy was corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Errors in EE , Differences in fingering , Authentic corrections of FE