mUltimate Chopin

Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 47

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

Octave in GC, FE & EE

Only B1 in GE1

Octave with naturals in GE2 (→GE3)
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The missing B note in GE1 is almost certainly a mistake, corrected in GE2 (→GE3) together with adding – necessary in our opinion – cautionary naturals next to this crotchet.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 69

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

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In GE1 there are unnecessary naturals before b3 and a3, yet there is no  lowering b3 to b3. GE2 (→GE3) include the correct notation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors 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

b. 80-81

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

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

No slur in GE1
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The missing slur in GE1 is undoubtedly a mistake – it may be that the engraver could not decide how to recreate the ambiguous slur of GC (see bars 79-80) and eventually forgot about this troublesome sign.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 92

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

in GC & GE2 (→GE3)

No indication in FE, GE1 & EE
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The marcatissimo indication is written in GC in such a way that it can be combined with the end of the scale in bar 95. Perhaps it was uncertainty concerning the correct placement that was the reason of its omission in GE1 (or maybe also in FE or EE, as the indication in GC is written with the copyist's hand and it had to be in at least one of the remaining Stichvorlage manuscripts).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE