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Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 28

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

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FE (→EE,GE1→GE2→GE3) has an additional  before g1 in the 1st chord. The unnecessary accidental was removed only in GE4 (→GE5). The layout of sharps in FE allows to claim that the  before g1 was initially misprinted instead of the  raising b1 to b1. While proofreading this place, Chopin added only the necessary accidental, leaving the erroneous, yet not influencing the text, unchanged.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 32-33

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

f1 & f1 in A

g1 & f1 in FE (→EE2→EE3)

Our suggestion based on FE

g1 & f1 in GE & EE4
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In A the last note in the 1st half of bar 32 is f1, after which three naturals follow: before f2 in the next chord and before f1 at the end of this and next bars. In a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE) Chopin changed f1 to g1 and deleted the already unnecessary  before f2. In FE (→EE2→EE3) the accidental before the last note in bar 32 was also removed, however, the remaining traces suggest that it was a  and not a . The assumption is confirmed by f1 appearing in this place in GE (and EE4). In the main text we give the undoubtedly final notation of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 32

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

in A

in FE (→GE,EE)
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The change of  to  is, according to us, a mistake of the engraver of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , fz – f

b. 42

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

e1 tied in A, GE3 (→GE4→GE5), EE3 (→EE4) & FEJ

e1 repeated in FE (→EE2,GE1→GE2)
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The overlooked in FE (→EE2,GE1→GE2) tie sustaining e1 was added in the remaining editions. The sign was also added in FEJ.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Annotations in FEJ

b. 46

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

Dotted crotchet d1 in A

Crotchet d1 in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2→GE3)

Dotted crotchet d1 in GE4 (→GE5)
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Chopin wrote here d1-g1 on one stem, which probably contributed to the omission of the dot extending d1 in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2→GE3). In GE4 (→GE5) a more accurate notation was applied in this bar, used by Chopin in analogous bars 6 and 14. We adopt this solution in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Different values of chord components