Issues : GE revisions

b. 1

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

Title & dedication in FC

Title & dedication in GE1

Title & dedication in GE2 (→GE3)

Title & dedication in FE

Title & dedication in EE1 & EE3

Title in EE2

Our suggestion

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In the main text, we give the title and dedication after the title page of the entire Opus in FC and FE.
See the Etude in A major, No. 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Dedications , GE revisions

b. 1

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

in FC, EE & GE2 (→GE3)

in FE & GE1

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The use of  time signature surprises only in GE1, as in FE the  indication was not used in the Etudes – contrary to the manuscripts – at all, neither in Op. 25 nor in Op. 10 and the Etude in F minor, Dbop. 36 No. 1 (cf. also the Impromptu in A major, Op. 29). In any case, the correctness and authenticity of the  time signature is unquestionable due to the compatible version of FC and EE. The correct time signature was returned in GE2 (→GE3). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Changes of metre , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , 4/4 or 2/2

b. 7-8

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

 in FC (→GE1)

 in FE & EE

 in GE2 (→GE3)

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It is unknown who interpreted Chopin's notation more accurately – Fontana in FC (→GE1) or the engravers of FE and EE. The version of GE2 (→GE3) is certainly non-authentic (and erroneous). The authenticity of the version of FC is additionally supported by the compatibility of the range of the hairpins in both analogous places (here and in bars 53-54).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 13

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

in FC, FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)

G in GE1

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The version of GE1 is almost certainly an error of the engraver, corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 14

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

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The cautionary  before is included in EE and GE. The sign in EE may be authentic, yet an editorial revision is more likely, same as in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals