Issues : Errors in GE
b. 8
|
composition: Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major
..
Same as in the previous bars, the accents are a result of Chopin additions in GC and (most probably) in the base text to EE. The first two signs are clearly longer, however, according to us, it follows from the intention of clearly writing the signs overlapping the slur. The missing second one in GE1 is most probably an oversight (cf. the note concerning the chord in the L.H.), yet it is hard to state what was the reason of omitting this sign in EE. See also the note on articulation in this bar. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Long accents , Errors in GE |
|||||||||
b. 8
|
composition: Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major
..
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 |
|||||||||
b. 9-13
|
composition: Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major
..
In GC (→GE1), FE and EE there are no naturals raising c to c in bars 9 and 13 and c1 to c1 in bar 12. These are Chopin's obvious oversights, while the signs were added in FED (in bar 9) and FEJ and FES (all). category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEJ |
|||||||||
b. 34
|
composition: Op. 25 No 9, Etude in G♭ major
..
Lack of the naturals raising C-c to C-c is almost certainly Chopin's mistake, despite the fact that this kind of oversights of signs introducing alterations are not frequent (yet they are to be found in, e.g., the Etude in F minor, No. 2, bar 56). It could have seemed that the C-c octave did not require naturals due to the following reasons:
category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , Last key signature sign , Errors of GC |