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Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 74

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

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FE1 has an erroneous D as the 6th semiquaver, which was corrected in FE2. In GE and EE relevant revisions were also performed.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 75-76

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

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FE (→GE1)

EE & GE2 (→GE3→GE4)

Our suggestion
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Chopin added the pedalling of these bars while proofreading FE (→GE,EE). We add the  mark, omitted in FE (→GE1) in bar 75, in accordance with the harmonic sense. The addition was also performed in EE and GE2 (→GE3→GE4), yet adding the  mark earlier, already in the middle of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 75-78

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

Fingering in A

FE (→GE)

EE
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The fingering of this fragment, marked in a quite detailed way already in A, was specified by Chopin in the last proofreading of FE (→GE). A few further indications to this last version were also added by Fontana in EE. See also bar 78.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 77-78

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

Tie to c in A

Tie in FE, literal reading

Interpretation of tie in FE, tie in GE & EE4

Slur in EE3
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In the main text we give the notation of A, in which the sustained c note does not raise any doubts. In spite of this, in FE the tie was inaccurately reproduced (only in bar 78 in the new line of the text) and with a mistake (it reaches F), so that in none of the remaining editions the correct text was guessed. We consider the version of GE and EE4 to be a natural interpretation of FE. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 78

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

No fingering in A (→FE→GE)

'1' added in EE

'1' written into FED
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Chopin added the fingering digit '1' in FED. The digit is also among the fingering added by Fontana in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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