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Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 75

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

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In the 2nd half of the bar the only accidental in the part of the R.H. in GC and FE is a  raising d3 to d3. The notation, although inaccurate, determines also the sound of the 6th and 10th semiquavers in the 2nd half of the bar as d2 and d1. EE added a  before the 3rd semiquaver from the end (d1) and an unnecessary  before g2 in the 3rd group of semiquavers. It is only GE that includes the correct notation, in which alteration of the 3rd, 7th and 11th semiquavers to f3, f2 and f1 was indicated. See bar 11.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 76

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

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Same as in bar 12, in GC and FE there is no  raising g1 to g1. In bar 76 it is absent also in EE. The sign was added in GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 76

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

Slur in GC, literal reading of bar 12

Slur in GC (interpretation), FE, GE2 (→GE3) & EE

Slur in GE1
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Differences in the range of the slur – see bar 12.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 77-78

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

Slur in GC, FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)

Slur in GE1
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 79-80

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

Slur in GC, literal reading

Slur in GC (contextual interpretation), FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)

No slur in GE1
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In GC the first slur in the L.H. starts closer to the 1st crotchet in bar 79 than to the second one. In spite of that, it is almost certain that it is to be interpreted in accordance with FE and EE. It is proved by the slur starting in bar 80, which, despite the fact that it begins almost under the 2nd crotchet of the bar, due to its position over the last two crotchets in the part of the L.H., may concern only the 2nd half of the bar. It shows the panache, with which the copyist drew the slurs (perhaps inspired with the handwriting of Chopin – cf., e.g., the Mazurka in G minor, Op. 24 No. 1, bar 21).

category imprint: Differences between sources

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