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Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 23-24

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

No fingering in AI & FE (→GE)

Fingering in EE
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The fingering added in EE comes from Fontana.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 23-24

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

No slurs in AI

One slur in FE (→GE1→GE2)

Two slurs in EE & GE3 (→GE4→GE5)
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The slur of FE at the beginning of bar 24 (on the new line) very clearly indicates continuation of the preceding one and this is how it was understood in GE1 (→GE2). However, in EE it was the slur of FE in bar 23, ending on the last semiquaver, that was considered as correct. The separation of the slurs in GE3 (→GE4→GE5) is probably a mistake.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 24

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

e & b-c1-e1 in AI

e & b-c1-e1 in FE (→EE2→EE3)

e & b-c1-e1 in GE & EE4

Our variant suggestion
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Each of the three source versions may correspond to Chopin's intention, yet at the same time in each of them there may be errors, as in the case of AI and FE and previous EE,s, or a foreign intervention, which most probably took place in GE and EE4. The e quaver is the original version and there is no doubt that it was then changed by Chopin to e. In the main text we suggest b-c1-e as the last chord in the R.H., emphasising that the sound of the topmost note is uncertain.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 24

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

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We add a cautionary  before a1. The sign was added in GE3 (→GE4→GE5) and EE4. In AI there is no cautionary  before d1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 26

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

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In AI and FE (→EE2) there is no  before the upper note of the octave (b2). This patent – and typical – inaccuracy of Chopin's notation was corrected in GE and EE3 (→EE4).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Errors of A