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Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 39

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

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The cautionary flats before the octave in the L.H. and b in the R.H. were added in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). Chopin wrote the flat before g1 already in A. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 42-43

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

No a in A

a in FE (→GE,EE)
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In the main text we give the version of the last semiquaver, introduced by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 44-45

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

g repeated in A

g tied in FE (→GE,EE)
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The missing tie sustaining g in A is most probably Chopin's mistake, who added it in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). Cf. bars 12-13. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 45

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

 in A

FE (→GE1,EE)

GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5)

Our suggestion
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Allegedly, the mark of A was supposed to have a similar range as in the significantly less carefully written bars 5 and 13. The notation of A shows signs of underdevelopment and haste in this aspect, e.g., lack of the tie sustaining g (while the tie of e1 is marked only in bar 44, at the end of the line), lack of the dot extending the e1 minim, lack of the  returning g in bar 46. Therefore, in the main text we suggest the indications used by Chopin in bars 5 and 13.

The character of the  hairpins in FE (→GE1,EE) is actually the one of a long accent nature, yet it is uncertain whether their arrangement in the 1st half of the bar was a result of Chopin's intervention or of the engraver's inaccuracy. In subsequent GE,s the mark was arbitrarily extended with an unexpected consistency (which is averaged by us).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 46

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

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In A there is no  returning g, which is a patent error, corrected in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). Cf. bars 6 and 14.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE