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Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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. 52-54

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

Different accents in A, less probable reading

Różne akcentyDifferent accents in A, more probable reading

Different accents in FC

Short accents in FE & GE

Different accents in EE
..

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

b. 52-53

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

No signs in A (→FE) & EE1 (→EE2)

  in FC (→GE) & EE3
..

Same as in bars 49-50, the   signs are most probably a Chopin addition in FC (→GE). The hairpins were added also in EE3, most probably after the comparison with GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 55

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

No sign in A (→FE) & EE1 (→EE2)

 in FC (→GE) & EE3
..

The  sign in FC (→GE) was most probably added by Chopin. From GE it was also passed to EE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 62

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

No staccato & slur in A

Wedges & slur in FC (→GE)

4 wedges in EE

No staccato, slur & crotchet in FE
..

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A