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Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 50

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

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In GC, FE and EE1 (→EE2) there is no  returning a2. This patent inaccuracy was corrected in GE and EE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 50

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

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We add a  before f2 to two authentic cautionary naturals, before g1 and c2. The sign was added already in GE2 (→GE3), together with a few others: before c1, b2 and the F-f octave in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 52

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

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Before the penultimate semiquaver, b2, GC (→GE1) has an unnecessary . The sign was removed in GE2 (→GE3) and added – most probably on the basis of GE1 – in EE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 52

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

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In the main text, in the 1st half of the bar we add cautionary naturals in the part of both hands. The signs – in a slightly different set (before the 2nd, 3rd and 4th semiquaver in the R.H. and before the 2nd octave in the L.H.) – were added already in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 55-56

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

Different slurs in GC

Shorter slurs in FE & EE

Longer slurs in GE
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The slur of GC in bar 55 begins just after the 1st crotchet, hence beginning the slur in GE from this crotchet is not surprising. However, in bar 56 the slur of GC, corrected by Chopin, starts undoubtedly from the 2nd quaver, which was, however, ignored in GE. Both FE and EE show that in both bars the slur should certainly begin from the 2nd crotchet.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC