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Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

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b. 47-48

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

No signs in A (→FE) & EE1 (→EE2)

 in FC

Shorter  in GE & EE3
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The pair of  signs, present only in FC, was certainly added by Chopin. The hairpins were repeated in GE and later also in EE3, yet the range of signs in these editions is closer to these written in bars 39-40.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 48

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

Slurs in A, literal reading

Slurs in FC (→GE) & EE

Slurs in FE
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When interpreted literally, the slurs of A do not include the a2 crotchet, which resulted in an erroneous, as it seems, interpretation in FE. In the main text we give the undoubtedly correct slurs of FC (→GE) and EE. After all, it is highly likely that the slur in bars 47-48  in FC was extended by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 49

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

No sign in A (→FE), GE & EE

End of hairpin in FC
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b. 49-50

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

No signs in A (→FE)

  in FC (→GE)

 in EE1 (→EE2)

  in EE3
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In the main text we give a pair of   hairpins introduced probably by Chopin in FC (→GE). In EE, the  sign begins earlier, while the second was overlooked (except for EE3, in which  was added according to GE). In A (→FE) this detail – as majority of the dynamic indications in bars 39-53 – was not marked.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 49

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

e2-a2 in A (→FC,FE), EE & GE2 (→GE3)

c2-a2 in GE1
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The chord with the span of tenth on the 4th quaver is certainly a mistake of the engraver of GE1, corrected in later GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions