Issues : EE revisions
b. 1
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composition: Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major
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In the main text we give the title and dedication after the title page of the entire opus in GC and FE. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Dedications , GE revisions |
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b. 1-24
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composition: Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major
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EE consistently displays a different slurring of the basic figure in the R.H. in the entire Etude. It is rather a result of a different interpretation of Chopin's autograph by the engraver or copyist than differentiated Chopin notation. In the main text we give the version of two sources – GC and FE – which does not yet mean that the shorter slurs of EE must be considered as inaccurate, particularly considering the fact that neither musical nor pianistic issues give grounds for considering one of these versions to be clearly better. However, the longer slurs are supported by the visible in GC minor corrections of the slurs (e.g., in bar 34), proving the general acceptance of the three-note slurs by Chopin. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions |
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b. 4
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composition: Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions , GE revisions |
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b. 8
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composition: Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major
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Omitting the a note in the 2nd chord could have been Chopin's correction, introduced together with the changes in the Etude in A major, No. 1. The composer could have considered the chord without a as an improvement, due to a slightly clearer sound, while maintaining both the completeness of the harmonic structure and logics of the voice leading. According to us, it is, however, the engraver's oversight that seems to be more likely here, as in this Etude – same as in the remaining ones, except for the first one – there are no other traces of possible Chopin interventions in GE1, while omissions of a clearly written note in the base text are to be found in the first German edition, e.g., in the Etude in A minor, No. 4, bar 37. The version of GE1 was repeated in EE3, whereas in GE2 (→GE3), the four-note version of the base text was introduced (GC). category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of GE |
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b. 12
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composition: Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major
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The g note was added (in pencil) in GC (→GE). Therefore, it is highly likely an addition introduced by Chopin in the last phase of corrections in Stichvorlage manuscripts. The version was adopted in EE3. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: EE revisions , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections in GC |