Issues : Corrections in A

b. 17-19

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

Slurs in A, probable reading

Slur in A, possible interpretation

Slurs in #CF

Slurs in FE

Slur in EE

Slurs in GE

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The initially written here three slurs, one in each bar, were then extended by Chopin in both preserved manuscripts, who connected the slurs between bars 18-19 in A, whereas in FC – between bars 17-18. In A, the situation is additionally complicated by the new line of text beginning in bar 18, as a result of which – as it is often to be encountered in Chopin autographs – it is unknown whether the slur in this bar is supposed to continue the one from bar 17 or not. The two possible interpretations resulting from this situation are reflected in the versions of FE and EE, which, however, feature the most probably inaccurately written ending of the slur in bar 19. In turn, GE inaccurately reproduced the ending of the slur in bar 18. In the main text we give the slurs of FC, corrected by Chopin's hand and compatible with the phrasing corresponding to the formal structure. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Corrections in A , Authentic corrections of FC , Tenuto slurs

b. 30-32

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

Slurs in A (→FC) & GE2 (→GE3)

Slur in FE & GE1

Slurs in EE

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In spite of the clearly divided slurs of A (→FC), both FE and GE1 embrace these three bars with one slur. The slur of EE is the original version, not corrected by Chopin in the base text to this edition (the extension of the slur is visible in A and most probably in FC).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Corrections in A , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC , Tenuto slurs

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