Issues : EE revisions

b. 79

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

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The bottom note of the 1st chord in FE is e. This clearly erroneous note was accurately corrected to in GE and EE. A correction in pencil was also written in FES.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 81

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

No fingering in A (→FEGE)

Fingering in EE

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In EE Fontana repeated in this figure Chopin's fingering given for the 1st group of semiquavers in this bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 82-85

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

No fingering in A

Fingering in FE (→GE)

Fingering in EE

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In the main text we give the fingering in bars 82-83, given by Chopin at the time of proofreading FE (→GE). It was completed – on the basis of authentic hints in similar places – by Fontana in EE. See also bar 83.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 83

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

No fingering in A

Fingering in FE (→GE)

EE, FED & FES

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The fingering digit added over the 5th semiquaver ('1') in a proofreading of FE (→GE) is erroneous, which is revealed by comparison with analogous figures in bars 81 and 83. The conclusion is confirmed by corrections in FED and FES written with pencil. The correct digit '2' is also in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FES , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 86

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

3rd finger in A & EE

5th finger in FE (→GE)

Our variant suggestion

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It is hard to determine whether the change of the fingering digit '1', which occurred between A and FE (→GE), is a result of Chopin's correction or the engraver's error. Both fingering solutions are natural and comfortable, hence we include both in the main text, with affinity toward the undoubtedly authentic fingering of A. It is the fingering of EE that draws attention, in which Fontana changed the indication included in FE to the one Chopin wrote in A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE