Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 29-30

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

No marks in AI

Different accents in FE

Long accents in GE1 (→GE1a)

Short accents in EE & GE2 (→GE3GE4GE5)

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The accents in bar 29 are clearly longer in #A than in bars 27-28 and 30. In GE1 (→GE1a), such longer accents were used in both discussed bars. The erroneous reproduction of the short accents of the autograph as long would not take place at all and it seems unlikely that Chopin would have liked to differentiate between the accents in these two bars. Taking into account the above, in the main text we give eight long accents.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 33-34

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

Long accents in AI

Short accents in FE (→GE1GE1aGE2)

Differentiated accents in EE

Differentiated accents in GE3 (→GE4GE5)

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In AI, the accents over the chords in these bars are undoubtedly long and this is the notation we adopt to the main text. FE has short accents (only the third one could be possibly considered as long), which seems to be less convincing, as far as the music is concerned, and probably results from an incomplete understanding of [A]. The accents in the remaining editions were subject to further modifications, most probably accidental.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 69-70

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

No slur in AI & GE4 (→GE5)

Slur in FE (→GE1)

GE2 (→GE3)

Our suggestion

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The fact of beginning the slur from the 2nd group of semiquavers is almost certainly an inaccuracy of notation, which probably follows from [A]. Different versions of the slur's ending in EE and GE2 (→GE3) are certainly a result of the engravers' errors. The omission of the slur in GE4 (→GE5) may be considered as an oversight or revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies