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Issues : Different values of chord components

b. 46

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

Dotted crotchet d1 in A

Crotchet d1 in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2→GE3)

Dotted crotchet d1 in GE4 (→GE5)
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Chopin wrote here d1-g1 on one stem, which probably contributed to the omission of the dot extending d1 in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2→GE3). In GE4 (→GE5) a more accurate notation was applied in this bar, used by Chopin in analogous bars 6 and 14. We adopt this solution in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Different values of chord components

b. 47-49

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

Dotted minims in A

Minims in FE (→GE,EE)
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Various rhythmic values of the elements of the A1-A octave in bars 47 and 49, marked in details in A, were not reproduced in FE (→GE,EE). Most probably, it is a result of misunderstanding of the manuscript. However, it should be emphasised that the pedalling added in a proofreading of FE makes the longer detention of the upper note a purely technical action, without any impact on sound.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Different values of chord components , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 50

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

Dotted minim & semibreve in A

Dotted minim & minim in FE

Two minims in GE & EE
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The engraver of FE probably assumed that lack of stem combining A and e is an example of inaccurate notation, quite often found in Chopin's autographs. In GE and EE the notation was simplified even more, omitting the point extending the bass note A. In the main text we give the precise notation of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Different values of chord components , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 56

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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In the sources, the chord at the beginning of the bar is written monophonically, in spite of varying rhythmic values. Chopin, striving for a maximal simplicity of notation, would often use such notation (cf. e.g. the Etudes Op. 10, in E minor, No. 6, bar 20 i 46, F major, No. 8, bar 47, 49 and 50, C minor, No. 12, bar 57). In the places where the original notation can be improved without an excessive complication of the notation, we introduce relevant corrections.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Different values of chord components

b. 57

composition: Op. 10 No 12, Etude in C minor

Dotted minim in A (→FE→GE) & EE4

Minim in EE3

Our suggestion
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In the main text we separate the c2 note from the chord, as in this case Chopin's simplified notation may be unclear, e.g., considered to be erroneous, as it probably occurred in EE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Different values of chord components , Errors in EE