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Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

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Issues : Errors in GE

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. 39-46

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

sempre piano in bar 39 in GC & EE

sempre piano in bar 39 in FE & GE2 (→GE3)

sempre piano in bar 46 in GE1
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In GE1 the sempre piano indication, in GC and EE placed under the part of the L.H. in bar 39, was assigned to bar 46, written below. The mistake was corrected in GE2 (→GE3), yet moving the indication between the staves. Despite the fact that the indication is placed in a similar way in FE, one can have doubts whether it corresponds to Chopin's intention. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 66

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

 (error) in GC (→GE1)

 in FE & EE

 in GE2 (→GE3)
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 95-97

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

Slurs in GC & EE

Slur in FE

Slurs in GE1

Slurs in GE2 (→GE3)
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Among the four source versions of the slurring, only the first two – GC and EE and FE – are probably authentic. The version of GE1 is certainly erroneous – the engraver confused the bars and inserted the division of the slur one bar too late. In turn, the reviser of GE2 (→GE3) probably assumed that the slur of the grace note and the phrasing slur, which merge in GC, create one slur beginning from the grace note.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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