Issues : Triplet slurs

b. 48

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

Slur in GC, FE & EE

Slur & '3' in GE1

Only '3' in GE2 (→GE3)

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In the main text we preserve the additional slur under the quaver triplet, in spite of the fact that it probably indicates only the use of an irregular group. However, Chopin did not mark it clearly, as in GC, FE and EE the '3' digit is absent. In this situation each of these three versions of source notation can be considered as justified (cf. General Editorial Principlesp. 16).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Triplet slurs

b. 50-51

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

Whole-bar slur in GC (→GE)

Triplet slur in FE

Slur up to bar 51 in EE

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The shorter ("triplet") slur in FE is the original version, changed by Chopin in GC (→GE) and – probably – in the base text to EE. Similar corrections of slurring were introduced by Chopin in GC also in bars 51 and 52. Not having an insight into the base text of EE, we cannot state whether leading the slur until the beginning of bar 51 in this edition corresponds to Chopin's notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Triplet slurs , Authentic corrections in GC