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Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

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b. 1-4

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

Four slurs in A

Two slurs in FE (→EE2)

Two slurs in GE1

Three slurs in GE2 (→GE3)

Three slurs in GE4 (→GE5)

Three slurs in EE3 (→EE4)
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Each of four slurs in the L.H. written in A embraces the entire bar, despite the fact that due to the inconvenient graphic layout, the notation is not always precise. In FE (→EE2) only two out of them were recreated, in bars 2-3. Similarly in GE1, in which the slur in bar 3 is led only to the penultimate note, a (this inaccuracy was corrected only in GE4 and GE5). In later GE and EE a slur was added in bar 1. In the main text we give all slurs of A, as an intentional omission of some of them in FE is highly unlikely. Cf. bars 9-10.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions

b. 2-3

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

Slurs in A

No slurs in FE (→GE,EE)
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The inaccurate and unclear slurs of A were ignored in FE (→GE,EE). Their range, particularly in the case of bar 3, is uncertain. We do not include them in the main text, as Chopin did not repeat them in A and in analogous bars 10-11 and 42-43, nor did he add them in a proofreading of FE (cf. bars 47-49). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 9-10

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

Two slurs in A, contextual interpretation

One slur in FE (→GE,EE)
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Two slurs in A are clearly shorter than their counterparts in bars 1-2, however, there is no doubt that it is a result of a less careful notation. In FE (→GE,EE) it was understood in the same way, yet only the second slur, in bar 10, was reproduced. See bars 1-4.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 23-24

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

Slur in A

No slur in FE (→GE,EE2)

Slur in EE3 (→EE4)
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Lack of the slur in FE (→GE,EE2) is most probably accidental. In EE3 (→EE4) a slur embracing two bars was added, which is hard to contest.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 27-28

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

No slurs in A (→FE→GE,EE2)

Slurs in EE3 (→EE4)

Our suggestion
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Chopin omitted the slurring in the R.H. in these bars. Due to the fact that the phrasing is marked both before and after this fragment, lack of slur could be misleading for the performer (or interpreted as the notation's inaccuracy). Considering the strict analogy to the previous phrase, we suggest to add the slur also in the L.H. The slurs were added in EE3 (→EE4) in the part of the R.H. in a way contrary to the authentic phrasing in bars 25-26.

category imprint: Editorial revisions