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Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 30

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

No sign in GC (→GE1)

 in FE

 in EE

 in GE2 (→GE3)

Our alternative suggestion
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Lack of the  sign in GC (→GE1) may be a result of omission of this copy by Chopin at the time of completing the Stichvorlage manuscripts or of the copyist's oversight. In the main text we give the sign present in EE, although the version of FE is also probably authentic. In addition, we suggest an analogous solution to bar 12, in which the pedalling seems to be best developed.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

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. 37

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

No sign in GC & FE

 in EE

 in GE
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Lack of the  sign in GC and FE is undoubtedly an oversight of Chopin. The sign in EE most probably reflects the Chopin entry in the base text to this edition – if it had been added by the reviser, he would have probably placed the  closer to the end of the bar, such as in analogous bar 19 (this is what the reviser of GE did). The evaluation of the position of the sign by the engraver of EE could have been erroneous, therefore, in the main text we give the sign in accordance with analogous bar 19.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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