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Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

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b. 62

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

f-c1-f1 in AI

f-a-c1-f1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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Same as in bar 12, the chord in AI, devoid of the a note, is the original edition of this place. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 64

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

A-B in AI, FE (→EE2→EE3) & GE5

G-A in GE1 (→GE2→GE3→GE4) & EE4
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The corrections visible in AI show that G-A was the original version of the ending in all analogous bars (bars 13-14 and 63-64). According to us, it is therefore probable that in bar 64 in [A] Chopin wrote the original version by mistake, which was passed to the review copy of FE and then to GE1 (→GE2→GE3→GE4). The mistake was rectified in finished FE (→EE2→EE3), as well as in GE5. In turn, EE4 introduces – probably under the influence of GE3 – the erroneous version. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 68

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

g-h-f2 in AI, FE & EE3 (→EE4)

g1-b1-f2 in EE2

g1-b1-f2 in GE1

g1-b1-f2 in GE1a (→GE2)

g1-b1-g2 in GE3

g1-b1-g2 in GE4 (→GE5)
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A sharp erroneously placed in GE1 before g1 was substituted in GE1a (→GE2) by  confirming b1 in this chord. It was probably an engraver's mistake while moving  before the middle note of the chord which seems natural in this context. The reviser of GE3 "corrected" this unnaturally sounding chord, by changing its topmost note, although in this case too, one cannot exclude the engraver's error. The erroneous accidental was not corrected until GE4 (→GE5). The missing  in EE2 is clearly an oversight, corrected in EE3 (→EE4). The only correct version is the concurrent text of AI and FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 68

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

a1-c2-a2 in AI

c2-d2-a2 in FE (→GE,EE)
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The chord of AI is undoubtedly the original version, improved by Chopin probably still in [A].

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 69

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

Chord without g2 in AI

Chord with g2 in FE (→GE,EE)
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In AI Chopin deleted the g2 note in the chord in the middle of the bar. Its presence in FE (→GE,EE) reveals the return to the original version.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations