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Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 31

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

Semibreve in A & GE

Minim in FE (→EE3)

EE4
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The version of A and GE is undoubtedly correct. The single-voice notation of FE (→EE3) is probably a result of a misunderstanding of the autograph's notation. The division into two voices without changing the rhythmic values is certainly a result of the revision of EE4 (similarly in bar 63).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 34-36

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

Slur in bar 34 without continuation in A (→FE→GE1), literal reading

No slurs in bars 35-36 in EE3 & GE2 (→GE3→GE4)

No slur in bar 35 in EE4

Suggested contextual interpretation of A

Suggested contextual interpretation of FE (→GE1)
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The end of the slur of A (→FE→GE1) in bar 34 (the last in the text's line) suggests continuation in the next bar, yet in bar 35 the slur was omitted in A (→FE→GE,EE). In subsequent GE,s the slur in bar 34 was shortened. According to us, lack of slurs in bars 35-36 is a result of Chopin's inattention at the time of writing A (he also omitted accents there), hence we suggest to complete the slurs. Due to the ambiguity concerning the range and possible divisions of the slurs, we give two suggestions.
In EE4 a slur was added in bar 36, which was certainly performed by the reviser. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors of A

b. 34-35

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

No marks in A (→FE→GE,EE3)

  & accent in EE4
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The hairpins and accent added in EE4 are certainly an addition of the reviser, probably modeled on authentic indications in bars 2-3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 37-40

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

No fingering in A

Fingering in FE (→GE)

EE
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The fingering given in the main text – in bars 37-38 – was added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). In the latter, Fontana completed it in these and two next bars. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 38

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

 & marcato in A

FE

GE

EE
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We give both indications after A. The shifts performed in FE were probably forced by lack of space under the bottom stave. The notation was subject to further non-authentic reinterpretations in GE and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE