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Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 61

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

Two digits in GC (→GE)

Three digits in FE & EE2 (→EE3)

No fingering in EE1
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Less accurate indications of fingering in GC (→GE) may be explained with the copyist's inattention or Chopin's completing the indications in the base text or proofreading of FE. The fingering in EE2 (→EE3) was almost certainly repeated after FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 61-62

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

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Chopin added cautionary naturals before b in bar 61 and d1 in bar 62 in GC (→GE1); they were added in EE3 too). The second one of them was omitted in GE2, yet returned in GE3. The natural before f1 at the end of bar 61 is an addition, introduced most probably at the time of proofreading of FE. None of these signs are present in EE1 (→EE2).
All sources repeated  before g3 at the beginning of the 4th group of semiquavers in bar 61, while in GC (→GE) and EE also before g in the L.H. EE added also a  before the next g, most probably due to g3 in the R.H. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 81-82

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

No signs in GC (→GE)

Two arpeggio signs in FE & EE3

Arpeggio sign in bar 82 in EE1 (→EE2)
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In the main text we give the version of FE, including the arpeggio signs in both bars and probably completed by Chopin in the proofreading of FE or in the base text to this edition. Addition of the sign in bar 81 in EE3 is most probably a result of comparison with FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 81

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

No fingering in GC (→GE) & EE
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The fingering, present only in FE, was probably added by Chopin at the time of proofreading this edition.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 83-84

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

No pedalling in GC (→GE) & EE

Pedalling in FE
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The pedalling of FE – from the 4th beat of bar 83 to the end of bar 87 – was probably added by Chopin in the proofreading of this edition. Similarly in bars 89-91. Detailed additions of pedalling in the final section of the piece were certainly introduced in the proofreading of FE of the Etude in A minor, No. 4.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE