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Op. 10 No 12, Etude in C minor

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Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 72

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

Slur in A, literal reading

FE (→GE,EE), interpretation of A
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It seems that the slur in A is written inaccurately, thus in the main text we give the interpretation adopted in FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 75

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

Slur in A, literal reading

FE (→GE,EE), interpretation of A
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It is unclear whether the slur in A embraces the entire bar or only the last two notes, thus emphasising the expressive gesture of suspending the phrase. Despite the fact that the second possibility seems to be musically attractive, in the main text, on the basis of the analysis of the slurs' notation in this section of A, we suggest the interpretation adopted in FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 77-80

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

Slur in A, literal reading

Interpretated slur in A (→FE→GE1), and slur in EE & GE2 (→GE3→GE4)

Our suggestion
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The slur in A in bar 77, the last in the line, suggests a continuation in the next bar, yet there is no relevant slur in bar 78. In FE (→GE1) the ambiguous ending of the slur was reproduced, which was already avoided in EE and subsequent GE,s (the slur ends on the last semiquaver). In the main text we give the slur after the slur in analogous bars 79-80, probably added by Chopin at the time of proofreading FE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 78-79

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

Slur in A (probable interpretation) & FE (→GE,EE) 

Another interpretation of the slur in A
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The moment of the slur's beginning in A is unclear, hence we suggest two possible interpretations.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Embracing slurs , Pointing slurs

b. 79-80

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

Slur in A, interpretation

Slur in FE (→GE,EE) 
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The slur of A is clearly inaccurate – it ends abruptly after the 3rd group of semiquavers in bar 79, yet its final range is unclear. In the main text we give a slur with which in FE the entire figuration in bars 79-80 was included (we interpret the slightly inaccurate beginning of the slur in accordance with the evident musical sense; it was understood the same in GE and EE). The slur probably corresponds to Chopin's entry in a proofreading of FE.

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issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of FE