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Issues : Inaccuracies in GC

b. 30

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

No sign in GC (→GE1)

 in FE

 in EE

 in GE2 (→GE3)

Our alternative suggestion
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Lack of the  sign in GC (→GE1) may be a result of omission of this copy by Chopin at the time of completing the Stichvorlage manuscripts or of the copyist's oversight. In the main text we give the sign present in EE, although the version of FE is also probably authentic. In addition, we suggest an analogous solution to bar 12, in which the pedalling seems to be best developed.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 30-31

composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

Two slurs in GC (literal reading→GE) & EE

One slur in FE, possible interpretation of GC
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The slurs of GC overlap, so that it cannot be excluded that the intention of the person writing them was to connect them.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 30-31

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

No tie in GC (→GE)

Tie in FE (→EE)
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The absence of the tie sustaining a2 is probably an oversight of the copyist.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 33-34

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

  in A

GC

FE

EE

GE
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The sources differ in the range of the   hairpins, which in the majority of the cases does not however significantly influence their musical sense. In the main text we give the marks based on A, as nothing indicates that Chopin changed anything in the remaining sources. From the graphical point of view, it is the text of GE that is most distant from the version of A, in which there is an accumulation of effects of inaccuracies of the copyist and engraver. However, according to us, the major risk of distorting Chopin's idea stems from the notation of EE in which the dynamic climax seems to fall on the 3rd quaver of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 34

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

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In GC and FE1 (→FE2→FE3,EE1), there is no accidental before the top most note of the 2nd chord in the L.H. This patent in this context inaccuracy was corrected in FE4, GE and EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , EE inaccuracies , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC