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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 7

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

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The cautionary  in front of f is absent in CLI and GE1. The lack of the sign in GE1 suggests that the sign was added only in the last proofreading of FE, which is confirmed by visible traces of introducing changes.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 7

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

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In the manuscripts there is no cautionary natural before g2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 7

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

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In the sources there are sharps reminding of the already previously marked raise of these notes before the 8th and 12th semiquavers – a2 and f2. We do not consider them in the main text, as the correct text results here from both the rules on accidentals' validity and the melodic context and fingering. The sharp before a2 is included in CLI, GE2 (→GE3) and EE4. The sharp before f2 is present in FE (→GE1→GE2→GE3,→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

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In A (→GE1) and FE the only cautionary sign in these bars is the  next to d1 in the L.H. in bar 8 (in EE there is also a  before c3 in bar 7). The flat was omitted – not without a reason – in GE2 (→GE3), whereas a few others were added: before e2 and d2-b2 in bar 7 and g2-e3 and d3 in bar 8. In the main text we consider the first and last from the aforementioned signs, while still adding a  before g1 in bar 7 (due to the similarity of combination of bars 6-7 with bars 2-3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

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In the 2nd half of the bar the sources repeat the sharps before A1-A and a-a1. In the main text we delete the unnecessary signs.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals