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Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

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Issues : Omission of current key accidentals

b. 48

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

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In GC and FE there is no  raising f to f. This patent oversight of Chopin was corrected in GE. EE also includes the correct text, which is most probably a result of an editorial revision.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 57

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

f in GC (→GE1), FE & EE

f with  in GE2 (→GE3)

f  suggested by the editors
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Chopin's oversight of the sharps raising f to f is supported by the following arguments:

  • in all similarly structured bars – e.g. bars 9-12, 17-18 and analog. – subsequent odd semiquavers create pairs made of delay and resolution, separated with an interval of minor or major second; f notes would have broken this rule;
  • introduction of a chord with a minor f ninth already in bar 57 would have unnecessarily anticipated the appearance of this chords in bar 59;
  • this type of oversights of accidentals are quite frequent in Chopin's works (cf., e.g., the notes to bars 11 and 75 and 46 of this etude, as well as to the Etude in G minor, Op. 25 No. 6, bars 7-8).

GE2 (→GE3) added cautionary naturals before these notes.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

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