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Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

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b. 27-29

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

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In bars 27 and 29 there are no cautionary accidentals in A. The flat before e1 in bar 27 was added in FE (→GE,EE) and the one before a1 – in GE2 (→GE3→GE4) in both bars and in EE4 in bar 29.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 30

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

f1 in A (→FE→GE)

f1 in EE
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The change of f1 to f1 is an arbitrary revision of EE, whose aim was probably to unify the progression of the tenor voice in bars 29-31. Cf. bar 25.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 30

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

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In A Chopin changed the internal note of the 3rd chord in the L.H. from f to g.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A

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