Issues : Inaccurate note pitch in A
b. 15
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composition: Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor
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Interpretation of the pitch of the 2nd and 3rd crotchets in AI poses difficulties – the note heads are slightly bigger than usually, which suggests performed corrections, yet their result is not clear:
Taking into account the fact that first three crotchets of the text are written at an each time lower pitch and the phrase development in the published version seems to be so natural thanks to repetitions of the four-note motif, one can suppose that the seemingly different notation of AI is simply erroneous, while in the notation of the 3rd crotchet, two clear errors overlapped – lack of and inaccurate position of the note head. As the version of AI we adopt a stylistically acceptable text which imposes itself, while interpreting without detailed analyses and comparisons. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Inaccurate note pitch in A |
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b. 42
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composition: Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor
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When interpreted literally, AI has in the last group of semiquavers two notes different than in the published version: the 2nd semiquaver a (without ) and the 4th semiquaver A. According to us, it is a result of overlapping of inaccuracies and corrections, while the text intended by Chopin does not differ from the text of the remaining sources:
In the main text we give the version of FE (→GE,EE), completed with the cautionary before g. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations |