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Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 33

composition: Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major

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We add cautionary flats before b2 and b3. The signs were added already in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 37-38

composition: Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major

G1, d in GC & GE2

d-b, G in FE

G1, d in GE1

G1, d in GE3

B1, d in EE1

d-b, G in EE2

G1, d in EE3
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In GC, the version beginning from G1 was written by Chopin instead of the original version of FE, beginning from the sixth. This undeniable improvement was also introduced in the base text to EE1, in which, however, it was reproduced inaccurately – both B1 at the beginning of the bar and the lack of tie sustaining d are most probably mistakes. In turn, EE1 includes a dot extending the des crotchet, overlooked in GC. This inaccuracy of the notation of GC was corrected only in GE3, which, thanks to this, is the only source in which the final version is written flawlessly.
The versions of EE2 and EE3 are a result of subsequent revisions – in EE2 it was the version of FE (only in the 1st half of bar 37) that was introduced, whereas in EE3 it was the final version that was reintroduced, yet in an inaccurately written form drawn from GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Errors in EE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 43

composition: Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major

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In GC (→GE1), FE and EE1, before the last octave in the R.H. (c3-c4) there are flats. The signs, completely unjustified in this place, must have been also in [A], which is a very meaningful example of Chopin's uncertainty concerning the issue of the prevailing set of key signatures, particularly the last one. The signs were removed in GE2 (→GE3) and EE2, while in GE3 they were reintroduced, which indicates rather a mechanical work of the reviser of EE3, copying the versions of GE1 without having analysed their accuracy.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 45-46

composition: Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major

5 fingering digits in GC (→GE1) & GE3

4 digits in FE & EE2 (→EE3)

No fingering in EE1

6 digits in GE2
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In the main text we give the complementary fingering of GC (→GE1) and FE and EE, although it is possible that it was only the latter that was given by Chopin, as the copyist, having in front of him these four numerals, could have mistaken the figures and, after having correctly written the first two ones, could have added the last three four semiquavers further. In GE2, the third numeral was added in bar 45, whereas in GE3, the alleged return to the version of GE1 can be a result of the blurry imprint of this numeral.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC