Issues : EE revisions

b. 20

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

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Same as previously, FE, EE1 and GE1 misinterpreted the abbreviated notation of FC and remaining Stichvorlage manuscripts, giving the 2nd, 3rd and 4th groups of semiquavers without any accidentals. The mistake was corrected in EE2 (→EE3) and GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 21-22

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

No fingering in FC (→GE) & EE1

Fingering in FE & EE2 (→EE3)

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These bars, being an exact repetition of bars 5-6, have no fingering in FC (→GE) and base text to EE (→EE1). It was most probably also the case of the base text to FE, as only at the time of proofreading this edition, Chopin added certain indications. They refer to the exact indications from bars 5-6 and 9-10, resembling less typical situations, related to the arrangement of two neighbouring white keys. Therefore, one can conclude that the composer considered the alternate use of 1-2 fingers (in the bottom voice) and 4-3 (in the top) to be typical for the successions of white and black keys, hence not requiring reminder. The fingering was repeated also in EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 23-26

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

No fingering in FC (→GE) & EE1

Fingering in FE & EE2 (→EE3)

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The Chopin fingering – marked after the same rules as in the previous four-bar section – was most probably added at the time of proofreading FE. Later, the indications of EE2 (→EE3) were completed on the basis of this edition.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 26

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

e1 in FC (→GE), FE & EE1

e1 in EE2 (→EE3)

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The flat added in EE2 (→EE3) is undoubtedly an arbitrary revision. This version distorts the characteristic motif of repeated notes, appearing in each of the analogous phrases at least six times.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 27-28

composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

Slur in in FC, FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)

No slur in GE1

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Lack of slur is a patent error of GE1, corrected in GE2 (→GE3). In FE and EE the slur was placed under the notes, which was certainly an arbitrary decision of the engraver – in both editions the stems of the notes are directed upwards, while the slur was routinely moved to the side of note heads.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Placement of markings , Errors in GE , GE revisions , FE revisions