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Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 1

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

Title & dedication in FC

Title & dedication in GE1

Title & dedication in GE2 (→GE3)

Title & dedication in FE

Title & dedication in EE1 & EE3

Title in EE2

Our suggestion
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In the main text we give the title and dedication after the title page of the entire opus in FC and FE.
See the Etude in A major, No. 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Dedications , GE revisions

b. 1

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

in FC, EE & GE2 (→GE3)

in FE & GE1
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The use of  time signature surprises only in GE1, as FE did not use the  indication in the Etudes – contrary to the manuscripts – even once, neither in Op. 25 nor in Op. 10 and the Etude in F minor, Dbop. 36 No. 1 (cf. also the Impromptu in A major, Op. 29). In any case, the correctness and authenticity of the  time signature is undeniable with respect to the compatible version of FC and EE. The correct time signature was returned in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Changes of metre , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , 4/4 or 2/2

b. 4

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

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FE, EE1 and GE1 misinterpreted the abbreviated notation of FC and of the 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). Similarly in almost all analogous places – cf. bars 8, 20 and 36, as well as 12 and 40.

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. 4-9

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

No slurs in FC (→GE1), FE & EE

Slurs in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we give the slurs of the L.H. at the transition between bars 4-5 and 8-9, in spite of the fact that they are absent in the sources which may convey Chopin's notation (FC, FE and EE1). Comparison with analogous places in the further section of the Etude proves that it is most probably an inaccuracy of notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 5

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

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In FE (→GE1) the last two semiquavers in these bars were erroneously copied from the next group (the 3rd and 4th semiquaver in bar 6). The mistake was corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Errors of FC