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Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

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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. 29

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

C-c in A (→FE→EE,GE1→GE2→GE3→GE4)

C-c in FES & GE5
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In A and the editions – except for one – there are no naturals before the 1st octave in this bar (nor a cautionary  before c2 in the middle of the bar). The harmonic context clearly indicates Chopin's oversight, which is confirmed by his entry in FES. The mistake was overlooked by the revisers until GE5.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 29

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

a in A (→FE→EE) & GE3 (→GE4→GE5)

g in GE1 →GE1a→GE2)
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 30-31

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

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We add cautionary flats before d2 in bar 30 and e2 in bar 31. The additions were already made in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) and EE4.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

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