mUltimate Chopin

Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Select: 
Category
All
Graphic ambiguousness
Interpretations within context
Differences between sources
Editorial revisions
Corrections & alterations
Source & stylistic information
Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
All
Pitch
Rhythm
Slurs
Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
Verbal indications
Pedalling
Fingering
Ornaments
Shorthand & other
Importance
All
Important
Main
Undo Clear

Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 51-53

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

 in GC (→GE1) & EE

No signs in FE

 in GE2 (→GE3)
..

The  signs, highlighting the descending line of the tenor voice starting from a syncopation, were probably added by Chopin in GC and base text to EE (in this case it is hard to clearly state whether the signs in GC are written by Chopin). In analogous bars 71-72, a relevant sign is only in GC. The change of placement and range of the signs in GE2 (→GE3) was probably aimed at clarifying the notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 58

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

No mark in GC (→GE) & EE

Accent in FE
..

The accent under a1 is only in FE. In GC one can see deletion of this sign, yet other, consistent changes in bars 58-60 and 78-70 prove that Chopin eventually decided to mark – with an accent and slur – the beginning of the phrase of the bottom voice exactly in this place. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 59

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

No sign in GC (→GE1), FE & GE3

 in EE

 in GE2
..

The  sign added in GE2 is a result of comparison with the analogous bar 79. In turn, the sign in EE may be authentic, although also in this case a revision cannot be excluded. GE3 reintroduced the notation of the base text (if the lack of hairpins is not a print defect, resulting from the tear and wear of plates).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 67

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

Long accent in GC (→GE1)

 in GE2 (→GE3)

No mark in FE & EE
..

In the main text we include the long accent, written – probably by Chopin – in GC (→GE1). In later GE it was arbitrarily changed to . 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 70

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

No mark in GC (→GE1)

Accent on third beat in FE

Accent on first beat in EE
..

In the main text we give an accent on the 3rd beat of the bar, compatible with the sign present in all sources in analogous bar 50. The long accent ( hairpins ?) visible in EE may be authentic – cf. the note in the next bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions