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Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections in GC

b. 27

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

Long accent in GC (→GE1)

No mark in FE & EE

Short accent in GE2 (→GE3)
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The long accent, present only in GC (→GE1), could have been added there by Chopin. In GE2 (→GE3) it was replaced with a standard, short accent.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , GE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 27-28

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

Accents in GC (→GE) & EE3

No marks in FE & EE1 (→EE2)
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In GC (→GE) accents on the 4th beat of these bars were probably added by Chopin. EE3 repeated them, probably on the basis of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 31

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

in GC (→GE) & EE

No marking in FE
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Same as in bar 23,  was added by Chopin in GC (→GE) and most probably in the base text to EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

b. 35-36

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

Accents in GC (→GE)

No marks in FE & EE
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The accents on the 4th beat, present only in GC (→GE), were most probably added in the copy by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 43

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

g2-b2 in GC (→GE) & EE

b1-g2-b2 in FE
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The three-note chord in FE is the original version, which is proved by the visible deletion of the b1 note in GC. At the time of introducing this correction, Chopin did not check the notation of the accidentals – the  overlooked on the 2nd beat of the bar was added only in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC