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Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 45-47

composition: Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

 in GC

No sign in FE

 in EE

 in GE1

 in GE2 (→GE3)
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The  hairpins were added by Chopin in GC and most probably in the base text to EE. In the main text we reproduce the range of the sign in GC, the versions of the remaining sources are probably (EE) or certainly (GE) inaccurate.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 60-62

composition: Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

Slurs in EE

Slurs in GC

Slurs in GE1

Slurs in GE2 (→GE3)

Slurs in FE

Our alternative suggestion
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Among numerous versions of phrasing of the part of the L.H. only two versions of slurring – FE and EE – may be considered as authentic and complete. GC is compatible with EE, however, it lacks the slur in bar 61, which is undoubtedly an inaccuracy; the slurring was then recreated in GE1, with a minor change in bar 62. In GE2 (→GE3), the missing slur in bar 61 was added, by beginning the slur in bar 62 earlier, which is an arbitrary revision. In the main text we give the unquestionable version of EE, while as an alternative version we suggest the clearly different version of FE, in which we replace the slur in bar 62, perhaps inaccurate, with the slur present in GC and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Errors of GC