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Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

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b. 32

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

Octave in GC (→GE), FE & EE3

b1 alone in EE1 (→EE2)
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The authenticity of the version of EE cannot be excluded, yet, according to us, a mistake is more likely here, e.g., due to the similarity of the 2nd half of the bar to bar 34. Chopin resigned from striking b in similar places only when the note was being performed by the L.H. (bars 34, 42 and analog.) or when the 1st finger of the R.H. remained on the d1 crotchet ending the phrase of the middle voice of the R.H. (bars 60 and 80). The preserved in EE 4th finger over this quaver also provides an argument for a mistake – a single b1 note is easier to be performed with the 2nd finger. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 34

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

No signs in GC (→GE) & EE

Pedalling in FE
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 35

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

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In GC there is no  raising e1 to e1. The patent inaccuracy was corrected in GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of GC

b. 37-38

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

Tie to c in GC (→GE) & EE

No tie in FE

Our alternative variant suggestion
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The missing sustention of c in FE could have been intended by the composer, yet an oversight (of the engraver, copyist or Chopin himself) is also possible.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 38

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

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We add a cautionary  before e. The sign was already added in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions