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Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

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Issues : Errors of GC

b. 10

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

E-e in GC (→GE)

F-f in FE & EE
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The E-e octave at the end of the bar in GC (→GE) is almost certainly the copyist's mistake, who inaccurately repeated the previous bar. In the version of FE and EE, adopted in the main text, Chopin smoothly changed the interval between the parts of both hands from octave to sixth, as part of the D minor chord, being the base of the 2nd half of the bar. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 13

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

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In GC and FE there are no sharps raising g2-g3 to g2-g3. The patent error was corrected in GE, EE also features the correct text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 25

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

g-f1 in GC

f-f1 in FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)

g-g1 in GE1
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The seventh in GC is certainly erroneous, however, without comparing it to other sources, it is unclear whether the mistake concerns the bottom or top note. It is proved by the way the place was revised in GE1. In the main text we give the undoubtedly correct text of FE, EE and GE2 (→GE3).

We add cautionary sharps before F1-F and f-f1.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 26

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

E in GC, FE, EE1 (→EE2) & GE2 (→GE3)

E in GE1 & EE3
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In GC, FE and EE there are no accidentals before the 9th quaver, so it is not entirely clear whether it is to be read as e-e1-e2-e3 or e-e1-e2-e3. The comparison with the previous bar indicates a typical for Chopin oversight of naturals returning e and e2. GE1, however, added the  raising e3 to e3, which is certainly a mistake (yet it was repeated in EE3). The correctly written text is featured only in GE2 (→GE3).

In EE1 the top note of the part of the R.H. is mistakenly written as d3. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Errors of GC

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