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Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 1

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

Title & dedication in GC

Title & dedication in GE1

Title & dedication in GE2 (→GE3)

Title & dedication in FE

Title & dedication in EE1 & EE3

Title in EE2

Our suggestion
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In the main text we give the title and dedication after the title page of the entire Opus in GC and FE.
See the Etude in A major, No. 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Dedications , GE revisions

b. 18

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

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In GC and EE1 (→EE2) there is no  returning c in the last chord in the L.H. The sign was added in GE and EE3, and probably also in the proofreading of FE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 23

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

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In GC and EE1 there is no  lowering F to F in the 1st chord in the bar. This patent inaccuracy was corrected in GE and EE2 (→EE3). FE also includes the correct text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 27

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

F1-F in GC (→GE) & FE

F1-F in EE
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The version of EE is vitiated by an uncertainty concerning its authenticity – it can be a mistake or revision, which cannot be stated without the manuscript base text to this edition or other additional pieces of source information. Therefore, in the main text we give the compatible version of the remaining sources. As far as the music is concerned, the version of EE seems to be less convenient, as it omits F in the progression of bass, without any specific reason, which is the base of the initial and final chord of the dominant in the B minor/B major key: (F)-E-D-E-F(!)-A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 31

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

Metronome in GC (→GE) & EE3

No indication in FE & EE1 (→EE2)
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The indication of the metronome tempo was added by Chopin in GC in pencil, hence in the last phase of preparing the Stichvorlage manuscripts for print. Differently than at the beginning of the Etude, the composer added the indication only in this copy. In EE3 it was undoubtedly added on the basis of comparison with GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC