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Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 67-69

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

No fingering in A

Fingering in FE (→GE)

EE
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In the main text we give the fingering added by Chopin in bars 67-68 in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). Fontana completed it in EE both in these bars and in the next one. The additions define the fingering according to Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 68-70

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

Slurs in A, contextual interpretation

No slurs in FE (→GE,EE3)

Slurs in EE4
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The lack of slurs in FE (→GE,EE3) is certainly an engraver's oversight. Slurs in A, although imprecise, rise no doubts as to their intentional compass. This is further confirmed by Chopin's correction of a sketchy slur in bar 69 in A, precising its scope. Slurs in EE4, generally consistent with A, are nevertheless an undoubted editorial revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 71-72

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

 in A (→FE→GE1)

  in EE & GE2 (→GE3→GE4)

Our suggestion
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In bar 71 the missing  mark after  is not striking in A, in which the pedalling is not precisely indicated. However, in FE (→GE,EE) Chopin added indications in adjacent bars, hence in the main text we suggest the moment of the pedal's release (change) in accordance with the harmonic flow. In EE and GE2 (→GE3→GE4), the  mark was added earlier, at the end of bar 71.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 71-74

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

Fingering in A

FE (→GE)

EE
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The fingering, only suggested in A, was precisely completed by Chopin in FE (→GE). In EE Fontana added a few indications more in bars 72 and 74.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 72

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

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In A (→FE1) there are no flats lowering d2(3) to d2(3). In FE2 only the second was added. GE and EE present the correct text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE