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Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

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Issues : EE 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

b. 34

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

e1-f1-d1 in A

e1-f1-d1 in FE (→GE1→GE1a→GE2, →EE2→EE3)

e1-f1-d1 in GE3 (→GE4→GE5) & EE4
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Chopin changed the original version (written in A) while proofreading FE (→GE1→GE2, →EE2→EE3). At the time of proofreading, the unnecessary  before e1 in the 2nd half of the bar was left. This may have incited the reviser of GE3 (→GE4→GE5) to change e1 to e1 in the chord at the beginning of the bar (this totally arbitrary version was also repeated in EE4).
We add a cautionary  before f1 on the 2nd semiquaver.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 38

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

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In the second half of the bar A (→FE→GE1→GE1a→GE2→GE3) features accidentals effective from the first half— before c1 and  before a and f. Two first of these signs are also found in EE (in EE4 the last one was also added). These accidentals, unnecessarily written in by Chopin, were removed in GE4 (→GE5).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 38

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

Crotchet in A (→FE→GE1)

Dotted crotchet in EE

Crotchet & rest in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5)
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In A (→FE→GE1) the rhythmic values of the upper voice do not fill the 2nd half of the bar, as the d1-f1 third is a common crotchet. According to us, an oversight of the dots extending the crotchet are more likely in this situation. This is how it was interpreted in EE, adding the dots. In subsequent GE,s a quaver rest was added.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors of A

b. 38-40

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

No fingering in A (→FE→GE)

Fingering in EE
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In EE, at the beginning of each of these bars, Fontana added the fingering based on the one by Chopin from bar 17.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions