Issues : EE revisions

b. 1-10

composition: Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

Fingering in A

FE (→GE)

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In the main text for bars 1-2 and analog. we give the fingering written by Chopin in A (bars 1-2 and 5), as the lack of the 2nd digit in bar 2 in FE (→GE) must be the engraver's oversight. In EE Fontana completed Chopin's indications, adding digits next to each note in bars 1-2 and 9-10. According to us, the use of the 5th finger on the 8th semiquaver in bar 1 by Chopin suggests the 2nd finger for the next one and not the 1st one, as written by Fontana.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 1

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

in A

in FE1

in FE2

in GE1

GE1a (→GE2GE3GE4GE5)

EE2 (→EE3)

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In the main text we give the title and dedication in the undoubtedly authentic version adopted in FE. The extensions of both the title (in GE and EE) and the dedication (in EE) most probably come from the editors. See the Etude in C major, No. 1, bar 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Dedications , GE revisions

b. 1-4

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

Four slurs in A

Two slurs in FE (→EE2)

Two slurs in GE1

Three slurs in GE2 (→GE3)

Three slurs in GE4 (→GE5)

Three slurs in EE3 (→EE4)

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Each of four slurs in the L.H. written in A embraces the entire bar, despite the fact that due to the inconvenient graphic layout, the notation is not always precise. In FE (→EE2) only two out of them were recreated, in bars 2-3. Similarly in GE1, in which the slur in bar 3 is led only to the penultimate note, a (this inaccuracy was corrected only in GE4 and GE5). In later GE and EE a slur was added in bar 1. In the main text we give all slurs of A, as an intentional omission of some of them in FE is highly unlikely. Cf. bars 9-10.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions

b. 1-10

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

Fingering in A

FE (→GE)

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The omission of '1' at the end of bars 1 and 9 in FE (→GE) could be blamed on the engraver's distraction and considered as the notation's inaccuracy, if it was not for a simultaneous addition of '2' at the end of bars 2-3. According to us, regardless of the reason for omitting these digits, the final effect of the changes in FE must be accepted as deliberate and valid. Allegedly, Chopin assumed that the hand position in bars 1-2 is not as important as in bars 3-4.

In EE the addition by Fontana in bar 1 complies with the fingering written by Chopin in A, yet in bars 9-10 – it does not.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 1

composition: Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

in A

in FE1

in FE2

in EE3

in EE4

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In the main text we give the title and dedication in the undoubtedly authentic version adopted in FE. The extensions of both the title (in GE and EE) and dedication (in EE) most probably come from the editors. See Etude in C, No. 1, bar 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Dedications , GE revisions