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Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

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b. 58-60

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

No slur in GC (→GE) & EE

Slur for lower voice in FE, contextual interpretation
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The slur embracing the phrase in the middle voice was added by Chopin most probably in the proofreading of FE. The sign is, however, inaccurately placed – in bar 58, ending a line of the text, the slur begins on the stave, yet its continuation in bars 59-60 is under the stave, which hinders its interpretation. In the analogous place in bars 78-80, the slur is already clearly placed.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

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

b. 78

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

No slur in GC (→GE) & EE

Slur for lower voice in FE
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The slur embracing the phrase of the middle voice in the R.H. in bars 78-80 was added by Chopin most probably in the proofreading of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 79-80

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

No slur in GC (→GE) & EE

Slur in FE
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The slur embracing the phrase in the middle voice was added by Chopin most probably in the proofreading of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 95-97

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

Slurs in GC & EE

Slur in FE

Slurs in GE1

Slurs in GE2 (→GE3)
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Among the four source versions of the slurring, only the first two – GC and EE and FE – are probably authentic. The version of GE1 is certainly erroneous – the engraver confused the bars and inserted the division of the slur one bar too late. In turn, the reviser of GE2 (→GE3) probably assumed that the slur of the grace note and the phrasing slur, which merge in GC, create one slur beginning from the grace note.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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