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Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 79

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

 in GC (→GE1) & EE

No sign in FE

 in GE2 (→GE3)
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According to us, regardless of how the difference occurred (in the sources there are no clear traces of possible corrections in this regard), omission of the  hairpins in FE was a conscious and final decision of Chopin. In Chopin notation, this kind of sign emphasises the note or group of notes, which in this case would suggest beginning the phrase of the middle voice together with the return of the main thematic link in this part, contrary to the later, consistent markings of FE.
Extension of the sign in GE2 (→GE3) is a typical for this editor routine revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 83

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

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In GC and FE there is no  lowering a to a. The mistake was corrected in GE, EE also includes the correct text. The natural was also added in FED.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 85

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

No indication in GC (→GE1), FE & EE

rit. in GE2 (→GE3)

[rit.] suggested by the editors
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For the third time (after bar 45 and 65) Chopin did not add the rit. indication. According to us, it is an oversight, hence in the main text we suggest adding this indication. A respective revision was performed already in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 86

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

 in GC (→GE1), FE & EE

 in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we suggest – after GE2 (→GE3) – the solutions adopted in analogous bars 46 and 66. Lack of additions in bars 85 and 87 proves that by correcting and completing the Stichvorlage manuscripts, Chopin omitted, probably by distraction, the third appearance of this fragment.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 87

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

No ornament in GC (→GE1), FE & EE

 in GE2 (→GE3)

[] suggested by the editors
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Lack of the grace note is probably a result of Chopin's oversight – both in this and the previous bars a few elements, added by Chopin in analogous bars 47 and 67, e.g., rit. and an accent, are missing. Therefore, in the main text we suggest adding an ornament (in the form of non-slashed grace note) and cautionary sharps before the grace note and d3. A similar change was introduced in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place