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Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

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

b. 41

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

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In the last proofreading of FE (→EE) a cautionary  before g was added before the 4th chord (the accidental is absent both in A and GE). We add naturals before d1 and d2 in the 2nd chord instead. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 45-47

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

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We add cautionary  before d2 in bars 45 and 47. The accidentals were already added in GE2 (→GE3→GE4) and EE4). The second one is also present in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals