mUltimate Chopin

Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Select: 
Category
All
Graphic ambiguousness
Interpretations within context
Differences between sources
Editorial revisions
Corrections & alterations
Source & stylistic information
Notation
All
Pitch
Rhythm
Slurs
Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
Verbal indications
Pedalling
Fingering
Ornaments
Shorthand & other
Importance
All
Important
Main
Undo Clear

b. 13-14

composition: Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

No slurs in AI

Slurs in FE (→GE,EE)
..

Lack of slurs in AI is due to its working character.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 13-14

composition: Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

Slurs in AI, contextual interpretation

FE (→GE,EE)
..

It is unclear whether the slurs of AI are an inaccurately written version of whole-bar slurs of the first editions or whether they were meant to be shorter in Chopin's intention, embracing only these three notes. We adopt the second interpretation, taking into account the fact that the undoubtedly whole-bar slur in bar 15 in AI is clearly longer. Cf. bars 63-65.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 13-15

composition: Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

Minims in AI

Dotted minims in FE (→GE,EE)
..

Plain minims in AI most probably represent inaccurate (simplified) notation of the ultimate version, and not a different version. Similarly in bars 63-66.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 14

composition: Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

..

In AI there is no  lowering d1 to d1, which is a patent error.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals

b. 14

composition: Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

..

In AI the part of the L.H. in this bar is marked in this bar as repetition of bar 13.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information