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Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

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Issues : Errors of 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

b. 46

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

 (error) in GC (→GE1)

 in FE & EE

 in GE2 (→GE3)
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The erroneous value of the bass e – double dotted minim – written in GC (→GE1) was probably supposed to, according to Chopin's intention, provide a simultaneous decay (before the rest) of all three voices. Therefore, in the main text we suggest a relevant notation, introduced in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors of GC

b. 56

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

No tie in GC (→GE1) & GE3

d-e tie in FE, EE & GE2
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The missing slur combining d and e in GC (→GE1) is most probably the copyist's mistake – in the analogous bar 76 a relevant slur is present in GC. Both the addition of the slur in GE2 and its removal in GE3 are arbitrary changes, harmonising both places. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 66

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

 (error) in GC (→GE1)

 in FE & EE

 in GE2 (→GE3)
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors of GC

b. 74-77

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

Slurs in GC (literal reading→GE1)

Slurs in GC, contextual interpretation

Slurs in FE

Slur in EE & GE2 (→GE3)
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When interpreted literally, the short slurs of GC (→GE1) are almost certainly erroneous due to the breaking of the slur between bars 73-74, contrary to the construction of the phrase. The suggested interpretation is based on the original slurring of analogous bars 55-57, in which Chopin combined the one-bar slurs in bars 55-56, written initially in GC. The phrasing may be considered as alternative with respect to the main text, based on FE and compatible with the slurring of analogous bars 54-57. The continuous slur in GE2 (→GE3) is a result of an arbitrary revision, yet the same slur in EE may be authentic.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC