A
Main text
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
GE4 - Corrected impression of GE3
GE1a - Album German edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Amended impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 214

Chord with e1 in A, probable reading

Chord with no e1 in A (possible reading→FEGE,EE)

On the basis of the available photograph of A, it is difficult to say whether the chord at the beginning of the bar includes e1. It is difficult to assess such situations even on the basis of original manuscripts, e.g. in the Etude in A, Op. 10 No. 10, b. 76 (a, interpreted by the engraver and probably inexistent) or in the Etude in G, Op. 10 No. 5, b. 15 (overlooked e1, probably existent). As it would be the only difference between these two otherwise identical four-bar sections, we consider it unlikely that Chopin would have wanted to introduce such a subtle difference into these dashing and energetic phrases. 

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Uncertain notes on ledger lines

notation: Pitch

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Original in: Zbiory prywatne