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b. 4-5
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composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor
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Probably only one of these slurs is authentic, while the difference is a result of different interpretation of the notation of [A], perhaps inaccurate. In the main text we give the slur present in the base source – GC (→GE) – confirmed also in EE. Leading the bass line legato until A1 is justified as far as the performance point of view is concerned, yet the fermata suggests breaking the continuous course of music after bar 4. category imprint: Differences between sources |
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b. 7-8
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composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor
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The slur of GC, contrary to FE and EE, as well as to the natural shape of the phrase – cf. bar 5 and analog. – is certainly inaccurate. Imprecise, even clearly erroneous slurs are relatively frequent in Gutmann's copies (cf., e.g., bar 9). category imprint: Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC |
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b. 9
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composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor
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The slur in GC is written very inaccurately – "boldly" – so that in GE1 it embraces also the first and last crotchet of the bar. It certainly does not correspond to Chopin's idea – cf. inaccurate slurs of GC in bar 10, where the editor did not fall into the trap, and bar 12, where he tried to interpret the dragged slur of GC. See also bars 7-8 or 79-80, as well as, e.g., the Scherzo in C category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC |
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b. 12
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composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor
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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 |
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b. 13-16
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composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor
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In GC, the moment of beginning the slurs in bars 13 and 14 falls quite far before the dotted quaver on the 2nd beat of the bar. In spite of this, there is no doubt that they concern only the phrase led with the chords in bars 13-14 and its repetition in bars 15-16. The slurs of GE1 must be then considered as erroneous. Cf. bars 7-8. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC |
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