mUltimate Chopin

Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Select: 
Category
All
Graphic ambiguousness
Interpretations within context
Differences between sources
Editorial revisions
Corrections & alterations
Source & stylistic information
Notation
All
Pitch
Rhythm
Slurs
Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
Verbal indications
Pedalling
Fingering
Ornaments
Shorthand & other
Importance
All
Important
Main
Undo Clear

b. 11

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

Fingering in GC (→GE)

No fingering in FE & EE
..

The fingering in GC (→GE) is written with the copyist's hand, which probably means that it was overlooked in this edition, which had [A] as base text – FE or EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 12

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

Wedge in GC & EE

Dot in FE & GE
..

The wedge in GC, confirmed by EE, was reproduced in GE as a staccato dot. Therefore, the evaluation of the authenticity of the dot in FE also advises caution. The tendency to interpret wedges as dots was very clear in the B&H publishing houses – cf., e.g., the Nocturne in D major, Op. 27 No. 2, bar 12 or the Scherzo in C minor, Op. 39, bar 18.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Wedges

b. 12

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

Slur in GC, literal reading

Slur in GC (interpretation), FE, GE2 (→GE3) & EE1 (→EE2)

Slur in GE1 & EE3
..

The slur of GC, reaching above the rest, is certainly inaccurate. The version of GE1 is most probably an attempt to confer it meaning while preserving its length. The change performed in EE3 proves (excessive) trust of the reviser of this edition to the text of GE1.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 12

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

..

In GC and FE there is no  raising g1 to g1. This patent oversight was corrected in GE and EE. Similarly in bar 76.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of GC

b. 13

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

in GC (→GE)

No marking in FE

in EE
..

Same as in bar 5,  in EE is the original version – in GC one can see correction of  to  performed with Chopin's hand. Here, however, Chopin forgot to introduce a new indication in the base text to FE or resigned from repeating the indication, remembering the entry in bar 5. The second possibility, however, seems to be less likely due to dim. in bars 7-8.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections in GC