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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)

Same as in bar 12, the chord in AI, devoid of the a note, is the original edition of this place.

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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

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.

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

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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)

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.