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Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 36

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

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Same as previously, in FE, EE1 and GE1, the abbreviated notation of FC and remaining Stichvorlage manuscripts were misinterpreted in FE, EE1 and GE1, which gave the 2nd, 3rd and 4th group 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. 36-37

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

No slur in FC (→GE1)

Slur in FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)
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The missing slur over the D-G quavers in FC (→GE1) at the transition between bars 36-37 can be most easily explained with an oversight of the copyist. The slur was added in GE2 (→GE3), most probably on the basis of analogy with bars 40-41, the only in which FC (→GE1) has a slur in a similar situation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 40

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

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Based on the notation of FC, in this bar Chopin used in the manuscripts a more accurate notation than in the previous, similar places (c.f., e.g., bar 4) – apart from the first group of semiquavers, he wrote with notes also the second, together with the necessary accidentals. In spite of that, GE1 did not repeat the signs in the 2nd half of the bar, which was corrected only in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 42

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

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The natural lowering a1 to a1 is only in GE and EE3. It is a patent, characteristic for Chopin inaccuracy of notation, rightly revised in GE and EE3.
In all sources there is a superfluous  before d1 in the 1st chord in the bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 47-48

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

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The notation of accidentals in the sources shows significant inaccuracies and differences, which, however, do not cause any difficulties in interpreting Chopin's intentions. Due to the use of an octave sign in some of the sources, it is also unclear which signs have to be considered as necessary.
The most serious mistake is included in EE1, in which in bar 47 there is not a single  lowering a to a. FC (→GE1) and FE include a  giving an a3 before the 1st semiquaver; the sign was added only in EE2 (→EE3) together with a respective  in the L.H. In bar 48 in FC, FE and EE1, the  giving a1 appears only before the 3rd semiquaver; the necessary sign at the beginning of the bar was added in GE1 and EE2 (→EE3), yet only in EE2 (→EE3) the superfluous in this situation sign before the 3rd third was deleted. It is only GE2 (→GE3) that includes the completely correct notation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in FC