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Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

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b. 25

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

Broken slur in GC (literal reading→GE1) & FE

Continuous slur in GC (possible interpretation), EE & GE2 (→GE3)
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The slur in bar 25 in GC is broken, yet the way in which the slur in bar 26 starts suggests, according to us, continuation of the slur, as it is in EE (and later GE). It is hard to state what was Chopin's intention in this place, yet this kind of differences has a minimal influence on the performance.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 26-27

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

Slur in GC (literal reading→GE1)

Slur in GC, contextual interpretation

Slurs in FE

Slurs in EE

Slur in GE2 (→GE3), possible interpretation of GC
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In the main text we give the most natural, according to us, interpretation of the notation of GC, including Gutmann's inclination to draw (too) broad slurs – cf. the Etude in A minor, No. 11, bar 9. The slurs of FE do not raise major concerns, in turn, the broken slur in EE seems to be a result of a misunderstanding – a context interpretation of the slurring of the base text to this edition could have led to the version of GE2 (→GE3). See also the note to bar 25.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 29-30

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

L.H. slur in GC (→GE) & EE

No slur in FE
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b. 30-31

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

Two slurs in GC (literal reading→GE) & EE

One slur in FE, possible interpretation of GC
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The slurs of GC overlap, so that it cannot be excluded that the intention of the person writing them was to connect them.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 42-44

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

Slurs in GC (→GE1)

Slurs in FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)
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The slur of the L.H. in GC (→GE1) is certainly erroneous – the copyist, probably confused with the transition into the new line, wrote in bars 43-44 a slur which was supposed to concern bars 42-43.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC