Issues : GE revisions

b. 37

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

g-c1 in A (→FC,FE), EE & GE2 (→GE3)

Only c1 in GE1

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The missing note on the 2nd quaver is certainly an oversight of the engraver of GE1. The error was corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 46

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

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In all sources, except for GE and EE2 (→EE3), there is no  returning g1 in the 3rd chord in the R.H. It is a characteristic for Chopin, patent inaccuracy (in analogous bar 8 Chopin wrote a relevant sign in A). In GE was added also before g2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 49

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

e2-a2 in A (→FC,FE), EE & GE2 (→GE3)

c2-a2 in GE1

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The chord with the span of tenth on the 4th quaver is certainly a mistake of the engraver of GE1, corrected in later GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions

b. 50-51

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

Slurs in A (→FC)

Slur in FE & EE

Slurs in GE

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In the face of the notation of A, the fact of combining the slurs in FE and EE may be considered to be justified, however, it is most likely that Chopin's intention – the tenuto ending of the slur in bar 50 – was interpreted correctly in FC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Tenuto slurs

b. 52

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

Crotchet in A (→FE,FCGE1) & EE

Quaver in GE2 (→GE3)

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The seemingly erroneous notation of A and of the remaining sources (except for GE2 and GE3) could have been intended by Chopin, although in this Etude, he used the notation compliant with the rules in similar cases. In other pieces, rhythmic values exceeding the bar were used by Chopin both in autographs (e.g., the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, 1st mov., bars 278-279, 3rd mov., bars 423-424) and corrections of print (the Polonaise in C minor, Op. 26 No. 1, bars 19-20). On the other hand, one cannot exclude a simple oversight of the quaver flag (cf. bar 15).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors of A