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Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 104

composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

in GC, EE & GE2 (→GE3)

in FE & GE1
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Same as in bar 1, FE and GE1 give the non-authentic  time signature.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 104

composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

Continued slur in GC (literal reading→GE1)

New slur in GC (contextual interpretation), FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)
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The first slur in the R.H., in GC started too early and moved to the left, confused the engraver of GE1 who combined it with the previous one. The remaining inaccurate slurs of GC in this bar were interpreted correctly, in accordance with the version of the remaining sources.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 107-108

composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

5 long accents in GC, FE & EE

6 long accents in GE1

6 short accents in GE2 #→GE3)
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Same as in bars 5-6, stating which kind of accents Chopin had on his mind poses a difficult challenge. In GC, FE and EE the last accent in bar 108 is clearly shorter than the previous (and next) and this is the version we give in the main text. The harmonised notation of GE1 and GE2 (→GE3) may be, however, considered as justified alternative versions of these signs.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , GE revisions

b. 108

composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

f1 in GC & GE1 (contextual interpretation), EE & GE2 (→GE3)

a1 in FE
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FE has an a1 as the 3rd crotchet of the middle voice in the R.H. It is almost certainly the so-called Terzverschreibung error.
In GC (→GE1) the correct note is an f1. This patent error was corrected in GE2 (→GE3), EE also includes the correct version.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 108

composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

Octave in GC (→GE1)

Chord in FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)
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Lack of the middle note on the 3rd beat of the bar is almost certainly a mistake of GC (→GE1).
In FE the note is present, yet there is no  returning F. EE and GE2 (→GE3) have the correct text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of GC