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Op. 25 No 12, Etude in C minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 63

composition: Op. 25 No 12, Etude in C minor

Accent below L.H. part in FC (→GE1)

Accent between notes in FE & GE2 (→GE3)

Accent over R.H. part in EE1 (→EE2)

2 accents in EE3
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All source notations certainly mean the same – an accent referring to both notes struck in the middle of the bar. In the main text we adopt the version with two accents – see bars 13-14.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 68-69

composition: Op. 25 No 12, Etude in C minor

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GE1 does not include any accent in bar 68, whereas in EE1 (→EE2) there is no accent in the middle of bar 69 (similarly in bar 70). These patent errors were corrected in GE2 (→GE3) and EE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 69

composition: Op. 25 No 12, Etude in C minor

Fingering in FC (→GE) & EE3

No fingering in FE & EE1 (→EE2)
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The fingering of FC (→GE) could have been added by Chopin. In EE3 it was repeated after GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 78-80

composition: Op. 25 No 12, Etude in C minor

Crotchets in bars 78 & 80 in FC

Crotchets in bar 80 in FE

Crotchets in bar 78 in EE1 (→EE2)

Crotchets & quavers in GE & EE3
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The separation and extension of the sound of the c1 and d1 notes is marked in both analogous bars – bars 78 and 80 – only in FC (→GE with the d1 note shortened to a quaver), which has to be considered to be an inaccuracy of the remaining sources. In turn, it is uncertain whether the rhythmic value of the d1 notes, exceeding the bar, corresponds to Chopin's intention, as the lack of quaver flags can be considered here to be an oversight (this is how it was interpreted in GE). Due to the fact that we can encounter such a type of notation in other Chopin's pieces (cf. the Etude in A minor, No. 4, bar 52 or in E minor, No. 5, bar 35), in the main text we preserve the crotchets written in FC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 78-80

composition: Op. 25 No 12, Etude in C minor

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In FC (→Ge), there are cautionary naturals before the d1 notes at the end of bars 78 and 80. The latter – in bar 80 – was added also in EE3. In the main text we do not include these signs. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

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