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b. 50-51
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composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor
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In the face of the notation of A, the fact of combining the slurs in FE and EE may be considered to be justified, however, it is most likely that Chopin's intention – the tenuto ending of the slur in bar 50 – was interpreted correctly in FC. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Tenuto slurs |
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b. 52
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composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor
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The seemingly erroneous notation of A and of the remaining sources (except for GE2 and GE3) could have been intended by Chopin, although in this Etude, he used the notation compliant with the rules in similar cases. In other pieces, rhythmic values exceeding the bar were used by Chopin both in autographs (e.g., the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, 1st mov., bars 278-279, 3rd mov., bars 423-424) and corrections of print (the Polonaise in C category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors of A |
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b. 52-54
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composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor
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It is not clear which type of accents Chopin had in mind here. Only the sign in bar 54 is clearly longer and this is how it was reproduced in FC (also the engraver of EE treated it differently than the others). As far as the omission of the remaining 5 accents in bars 52-53 is concerned, the visible in A differences in length between the 1st and 4th sign and the remaining three, although minor, can be, according to us, significant. Therefore, in the main text we suggest an interpretation including these differences. The vertical accents, used in EE in bars 52-53, are most probably an arbitrary decision of the engraver – cf., e.g., the Etude in F major, No. 3, bars 29-31. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Long accents |
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b. 52-53
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composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor
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Same as in bars 49-50, the category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Authentic corrections of FC |
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b. 53-54
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composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor
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The continuous slur of EE is probably a result of an inaccurate or simplified interpretation by the engraver or copyist. In this edition, one slur runs from bar 49 to 62. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE inaccuracies |
minor, Op. 26 No. 1, bars 19-20). On the other hand, one cannot exclude a simple oversight of the quaver flag (cf. 
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