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Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GC

b. 7-8

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

Slur in GC (→GE1)

Slur in FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)
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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

b. 9

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

Slur in GC (literal reading→GE1)
 
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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 minor, Op. 39, bars 344-347.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

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
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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

b. 13-16

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

Slurs in GC, FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)

Slurs in GE1
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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

b. 30

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

No sign in GC (→GE1)

 in FE

 in EE

 in GE2 (→GE3)

Our alternative suggestion
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Lack of the  sign in GC (→GE1) may be a result of omission of this copy by Chopin at the time of completing the Stichvorlage manuscripts or of the copyist's oversight. In the main text we give the sign present in EE, although the version of FE is also probably authentic. In addition, we suggest an analogous solution to bar 12, in which the pedalling seems to be best developed.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC