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Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections in GC

b. 3-4

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

Eight accents in GC (→GE) & EE

Eight  in FE
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 indications in FE is the original version – in GC one can see that Chopin deleted all of them and replaced them with accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

b. 5

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

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Both in GC and FE one can see traces of corrections from  to . EE also features the final version. Cf. the Etude in A minor, No. 11, bars 5 and 13.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 14

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

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FE and EE have no sharps returning f2 and f at the beginning of the 2nd half of the bar. This patent oversight was corrected by Chopin in GC (→GE), when he added the necessary signs.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 17-19

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

Eight long accents in GC

No marks in FE

Nine long accents in EE

Eight short accents in GE1

Nine short accents in GE2 (→GE3)
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Lack of the accent at the beginning of bar 17 in GC (→GE1) at the beginning of bar 17 is most probably Chopin's oversight, who would add accents in these bars in GC. The sign is present in EE, whose base text was also probably completed by Chopin in this way. The accent was added in GE2 (→GE3) too. In FE there are no accents of dynamic character in bars 15-20.

In GE all accents were interpreted as shorts, contrary to the compatible, distinct notation of GC and EE (cf. the short accent in bar 20).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 20

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

 below L.H. part in GC (→GE1) & EE

No sign in FE

 between staves in GE2 (→GE3)
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When adding the  sign, Chopin probably omitted the base text to FE (see bars 15-16). The placement of the sign under the bottom stave could have resulted from the will to connect crescendo with the progression in the L.H. or due to lack of space between the staves. In the case of the latter, shifting the sign in GE2 (→GE3) would have been justified.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC