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b. 6-7

composition: Op. 10 No 1, Etude in C major

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The sharp in front of f2 in bar 6 is present only in EE, while the  in front of a3 in bar 7 appears only in the later impressions and editions (EE4 and all GE,s except for GE1). Moreover, in CLI there is no  in front of f1 in bar 6. Those discrepancies does not influence the reading of the text, yet they result from the gradually specified rules governing the accidentals.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions

b. 6

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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In CLI the lower note is an erroneous f2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of CLI

b. 6-7

composition: Op. 10 No 12, Etude in C minor

No fingering in A (→FE→GE)

Fingering in EE

Fingering written into FED
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In the main text we include the fingering written by Chopin in FED. Fontana suggested identical fingering in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED

b. 6-7

composition: Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

Slurs in A

FE (→GE1), interpretation

EE

GE2 (→GE3→GE4)

Our suggestion
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The slurs of A in these bars are inaccurate, which was only partially corrected in FE (→GE1). The ambiguity was eliminated in EE and – in a different way – in subsequent GE,s, yet Chopin did not participate in their elaboration. Taking into account analogous bars 14-15, in which Chopin probably corrected the slur, and 38-39, in which he combined the slurs in A, in the main text we suggest a continuous slur from the 2nd quaver in bar 6 to the middle of bar 8.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 6-7

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

Long accents in A

Different accents in FE & EE3 (→EE4)

One accent in EE2

Short accents in GE
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Two long accents visible in A were reproduced in FE (→EE; in EE2 the accent in bar 7 was overlooked) in varied ways. GE includes short accents in both bars. There is no reason to assume that Chopin interfered with any of the versions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE