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Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

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Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 9-11

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

 in bars 10-11 in AI

 in bar 9-10 in FE

 in bar 9 in GE

 in bar 9 in EE
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The hairpins of AI, leading to  in bar 11, is an earlier concept of dynamic indications. In the main text we stick to the version of FE, reproduced with minor inaccuracies also in GE and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies

b. 17-18

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

Slur in FE

Slurs in AI, GE & EE, probable interpretation of FE
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The slur in bar 17, despite that in AI it starts only from the 3rd semiquaver, is certainly to be understood as a whole-bar slur.
In FE, both the end of the slur in bar 17 (at the end of the page) and the beginning of the next one in bar 18 suggest continuation, hence a slurring similar to the one in the editions in bars 9-10. However, this interpretation is not confirmed neither by the slurs of AI in this place nor by the clearly separated slurs of the editions in analogous bars 19-20 and 21-22. Therefore, in the main text we give separated slurs. The notation of FE was considered as inaccurate already in GE and EE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies

b. 21

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

No sign in AI

 in FE (→GE1→GE1a)

 in EE

 in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5)
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The differences of the length of the sign are certainly non-authentic and probably originate from extra-musical reasons.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies

b. 23-24

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

No signs in AI

Two  in FE

 in GE1 (→GE1a→GE2→GE3)

 in GE4 (→GE5)

Two  in EE

 suggested by the editors
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In bars 21-26 the dynamic signs were not marked in AI. In bars 23-24, FE (→EE) has two separate signs, the second out of which (in bar 24) was, however, not included in GE, which can mean that Chopin added it in the last proofreading of FE. According to us, the melodically homogeneous context suggests that  in bar 24 is to be understood as continuation of the previous one.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 27-28

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

No slurs in AI

Two-bar slur in FE (→GE)

Two slurs in EE
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In AI there are no articulation and phrasing slurs until bar 34. The broken slur of EE is probably a result of routine interpretation of the notation of FE (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies