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Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

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b. 31

composition: Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

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In the 1st chord in A (→FE1→GE1,EE3) there is no cautionary  before g2, although a relevant accidental is written in the L.H. The sign was added in FE2, as well as in GE2 (→GE3→GE4) and EE4.

A cautionary  was added before f1 in the 5th chord in FE1 (→FE2,GE,EE). In addition, in FE1 a  raising B to B was added, certainly by mistake. The latter was removed in FE2, GE and EE.  

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

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 32

composition: Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

f3 in A

c3 in FE (→GE,EE)

Our suggestion
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While proofreading FE (→GE,EE), Chopin changed the topmost note of the 1st chord from f3 to c3. We consider this change to be independent from the articulation, which was inaccurately reproduced in the editions. Therefore, in the main text we give a chord in the corrected by Chopin form and with authentic performance indications written in A (a slur and a wedge).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes

b. 32

composition: Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

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In A there is no  before the topmost note of the 3rd chord in the R.H. It is undoubtedly a mistake, corrected in FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 32

composition: Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

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The cautionary  before e1 in the 1st chord in the L.H. was added in GE and EE. In GE there is also a  before B in this chord. It is certainly a remainder of the natural introducing B in the previous bar – the reviser of GE1 first added a cautionary  in bar 32 and only then did he notice that the erroneous  in bar 31 should be removed. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 32

composition: Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

c3 with  in A

c3 without  in FE1 (→GE,EE) 

c3 in FE2, modern notation
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In the sources there are two versions of the inner note of the 5th quaver:

  •  c3, written in A with a cautionary , which, however, was omitted in FE1 (→GE,EE);
  • c3, which appears only in FE2 and accompanied by , a combination Chopin did not tend to use. Therefore, one can assume a misunderstanding at the time of implementation of a proofreading, which, to a certain extent, undermines the credibility of this version.

The second version is certainly later and as such it should be considered as the main one. In relation to the aforementioned doubts, in the main text we adopt the certainly authentic version with c3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE