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Issues : GE revisions

b. 1

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

No fingering in Ap & FE (→EE)

1-2 in GE
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The additional fingering, present only in GE, is probably an addition of the reviser, although, being undoubtedly correct, it could have been written by Chopin. Whoever completed it, he probably realised that only the a1-d2 fourth is the first two-note chord, in which there is a real possibility of using other fingers than 1-2. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 1-5

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

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Before the last semiquaver in bar 1 FE (→EE2) has an undoubtedly authentic cautionary . The revisers of GE and EE3 (→EE4) added it also in bar 5. According to us, the signs in such a regular figuration are superfluous.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 1

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

in A

in FE1

in FE2

in GE

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 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

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

in A (contextual interpretation)

in FE1

in FE2

in GE

in EE3

in EE4
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In A of this Etude Chopin wrote only the following opus number instead of a title, which certainly does not equal the fact that he wanted to waive the name Etude used in the autographs of other etudes (No. 5-8 and 12). 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

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

Wedge in A (→FE)

Dot in GE & EE
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In the remaining sources the wedge of A (→FE) was recreated as a staccato dot. It is unclear how this divergence surfaced, yet it is not an issue of significance in terms of determining the correct text of the Etude.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Wedges