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Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

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b. 17-18

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

Arpeggio sign in bar 18 in GC (→GE) & EE1 (→EE2)

Arpeggio sign in bar 17 in FE

Both signs suggested by the editors
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It is hard to conclude how the difference in the placement of arpeggios occurred. Perhaps Chopin wrote the arpeggio in bar 18 in the base text to EE, from which it was copied to GC, while the sign in bar 17 was added in the proofreading of FE. It probably means that it is the respective chords in both discussed bars and all similar, hence in bars 35-36 (in which arpeggios are not marked at all) and in bars 81-82 (in which FE includes signs in both bars), that should be performed with an arpeggio. Therefore, in the main text we give both signs.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

b. 46

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

No sign in GC (→GE) & FE

Arpeggio sign in EE
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The arpeggio in EE could have been added by Chopin in the base text to this edition.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 59

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

No grace note in GC (→GE) & EE1

Grace note in FE & EE2 (→EE3)
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The E1 grace note was added by Chopin in the proofreading of FE – the way of planning out the notes in this line does not prove there was no place intended for this note. This incontestable improvement was introduced also in EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 81-82

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

No signs in GC (→GE)

Two arpeggio signs in FE & EE3

Arpeggio sign in bar 82 in EE1 (→EE2)
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In the main text we give the version of FE, including the arpeggio signs in both bars and probably completed by Chopin in the proofreading of FE or in the base text to this edition. Addition of the sign in bar 81 in EE3 is most probably a result of comparison with FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE