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Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

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b. 50

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

Rhythm & c1 in A, interpretation

Supplemented interpretation of A

Rhythm & c1 in FE (→GE1→GE1a)

Additional fingering in EE

Rhythm & c1 in GE2

Rhythm & c1-c1 in GE3 (→GE4) & EE4

Rhythm & c1 in GE5
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The final version of the beginning of this bar is not entirely clear. A features a version with grace notes, yet written with a rhythmic error – the c1-f1 fourth is only a crotchet, without extending dots. It is most probably this error that caused that in FE the grace notes were interpreted as common semiquavers: . The traces of this version, rhythmically correct from the formal point of view, are visible in FE, yet Chopin corrected it afterwards, moving c1 to the beginning of the bar. According to us, at the time of performing this correction, the composer wanted to return to the intended version of A, which was however performed only in relation to the arrangement of c1 in the lower voice.

All accidentals added in GE and EE come from the revisers of these editions, while the  changing c1 to c1 in GE2 (→GE3→GE4) distorted the harmonic content of this bar.

In the main text we add cautionary flats before a1 and c1; the first of them is already included in EE and GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5).

The accents and the fingering are discussed separately. 

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

issues: Chopin's hesitations , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 50

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

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The sources differ in the presence or absence of cautionary accidentals in the 1st half of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 50

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

Long accent in A

Short accent in FE (→GE,EE)
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The accent of A is, according to us, a long accent and it concerns the peak fragment of the semiquaver passage performed by the R.H. In the editions it took a form of a common short accent, concerning the crotchet in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 50

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

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We interpret two accents visible in A as long ones, as they do not differ from the remaining ones on this page of the manuscript. In FE (→GE,EE) only the upper accent was reproduced (as a short one). Due to the fact that the completeness of Chopin's proofreading of FE is dubious, we base the main text entirely on A.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 50

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

No fingering in A (→FE→GE)

Fingering in EE
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The fingering of EE in the 1st half of the bar – also in the R.H. – is Fontana's addition.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions