Rhythm
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b. 1
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composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor
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The use of category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Changes of metre , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , 4/4 or 2/2 |
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b. 15
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composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor
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The second chord in the R.H. is a crotchet both in the upper and lower voices. Hence the lower voice has 9 quavers in this bar. The error resulted from hastily performed articulation corrections – Chopin would delete the staccato signs written inside the chords, which, in some cases, required rewriting the entire chord; omission of the quaver flag occurred exactly in the last rewritten chord. category imprint: Source & stylistic information issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Rhythmic errors , Errors of A |
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b. 27
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composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor
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The value of quaver for g2 is most probably the original version, inadvertently left in A (→FC→GE). It is indicated by the deleted slurs visible in A, grouping the chords in two in this bar. The value of crotchet was introduced probably in the base text to EE and in proofreading of FE. Cf. the adjacent note. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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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. 53
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composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor
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The missing extension of the d note is probably a mistake of the engraver of FE. In FC (→GE1) the additional stem to the minim d was omitted. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE |
time signature is not surprising only in 
indication in the Etudes – contrary to the manuscripts – at all, neither in 
major, 
minor, Op. 26 No. 1, bars 19-20). On the other hand, one cannot exclude a simple oversight of the quaver flag (cf. 
