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Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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b. 47-49

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

Long accents in A & EE

Short accents in FE (→GE)
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The long accents, written in A in bars 47 and 49, were reproduced in FE (→GE) as short. It is certainly a result of misunderstanding of Chopin's notation. However, it is difficult to determine what made the engraver or reviser of EE use marks resembling long accents, contrary to the base text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 47

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

Fingering in A

FE (→GE)

EE
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In this bar Chopin restarted the fingering indications in A, which he then completed while proofreading FE (→GE). Even more indications – added by Fontana – are to be found in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 47-48

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

Slurs in A, contextual interpretation

Slur in FE (→GE,EE)

Slurs suggested by the editors
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The double slur, as written in A, was more than once used by Chopin. However, in the main text we give a single slur found in FE (→GE,EE), possibly introduced by Chopin while proofreading FE, as in bars 49-50. In bar 48 A has two unclear slurs, probably the result of some corrections with a not fully controled result.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 48

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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In A there is no cautionary  before b1 at the beginning of the bar. The sign was added in FE (→EE), probably during the last proofreading, as it is absent in GE1. In subsequent GE,s it was however completed, while in GE3 (→GE4) a  before b2, the 4th semiquaver, was also added. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 48

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

Semibreves in A (→FE→EE3)

Minims in GE2 (→GE3→GE4) & EE4
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Change of the rhythmic value of the A-d fourth is an arbitrary decision of the reviser of GE2 (→GE3→GE4) and EE4.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions