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Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 4-12

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

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In A in bar 4 (and bar 12, which repeats this bar) the  hairpins embrace with their range the 2nd and 3rd chords in the bar. This is how it was more or less reproduced in FE, yet minor inaccuracies caused that in GE the sign in bar 12 was given a form of an accent, while in EE in both bars it was printed one quaver too early.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies

b. 4-12

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

 in A

 cresc. in FE (→EE)

GE
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In the main text we give the  combination in the 2nd half of bars 4 and 12 on the basis of A, as nothing indicates that the visible in the editions changes of arrangement and, above all, separation of the hairpins from the verbal indication were performed by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 7-15

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

in A

No indication in FE (→GE,EE) 

Our variant suggestion
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Not being certain whether the missing cresc. indication in bars 7 and 15 in the editions corresponds to Chopin's intention, we suggest a variant solution in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 8

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

 signs in A

 sign in FE (→EE)

No signs in GE
 
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A includes two  marks, out of which only the 1st one was reproduced in FE (→EE). In GE there is however not a single one of them, which can indicate that even the one included in FE could have been initially overlooked and reintroduced by Chopin only during the last proofreading. In the main text we give both marks written in A, yet leaving the consideration of the second one, present only in the manuscript, at the performer's discretion.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 8-9

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

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In the main text we adopt the quaver tie system applied by Chopin in A. In FE (→GE,EE) the ties in the L.H. may have been changed due to graphic difficulties, embracing three last quavers in bar 8 with one tie and providing the 1st quaver in bar 9 with a stem. In GE3 a similar tie system was applied in bar 8 also in the case of the R.H. 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions