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Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

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b. 37

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

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We add cautionary naturals before B1 and g. The first of them was added already in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 39

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

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The notation of FE and EE does not include any accidentals in this bar. In GC (→GE1) there is a  before f2 in the 3rd group of semiquavers. In GE2 (→GE3) naturals before e2 and g2 in the 1st group were also added, a  before f2 in the 2nd group, naturals before b1 at the beginning of the 3rd group and before e3 in the 4th group and a  before e1 in the L.H. In the main text we include the  before e2, the 4th semiquaver of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 39

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

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There is no accidental before the penultimate semiquaver in GC (→GE1), FE and EE. The missing  returning d3 is undoubtedly an oversight of Chopin, corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of 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

b. 45

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

c1 in GC (→GE), EE1 & EE3

No c1 in FE & EE2
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The missing c1 note in FE – provided that it is not an error of the engraver – seems to be the original version, cf. bar 47. Lack of traces of its deletion reduces the likelihood of removing this note by Chopin almost to none. The note was removed – under the influence of FE – in EE2, in order to be reintroduced in EE3, this time on the basis of GE. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions