Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 29

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

Minim in A

Semibreve in FE (→GE,EE)

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The minim is most probably the original version, left in A due to distraction. To the main text we adopt the semibreve, being probably a result of Chopin's proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 29-36

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

No fingering in A

Fingering in FE

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Chopin's fingering given in the main text – in bar 29 in the R.H., in bar 30 in the L.H. – was added in a proofreading of FE. It was also reproduced in GE, yet inaccurately – the 3rd digit in bar 29 was omitted. In EE Fontana completed the indications in the entire 8-bar section after similar passages in bars 1-8.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 31-32

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

Slurs in A, literal reading

Possible interpretation of slurs in A & slurs in FE (→GE,EE)

Slur in A, contextual interpretation

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The slurs of A, interpreted literally, are certainly inaccurate. They can be interpreted as separated, as in bars 29-30, or as continuous, as in bars 33-34 (the 2nd slur, started too late, is certainly inaccurate, in turn, the 1st one suggests lack of division on the bar line). In FE (→GE,EE) it was the 1st interpretation that was adopted, which is graphically closer to the real notation of A. It is highly unlikely that Chopin proofread these slurs. In the main text we give preference to the 2nd interpretation, supported with the arguments following from the analysis of the slurring of bars 1-8 and analog. in the entire Etude.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 33-34

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

Slur in A

FE (→GE,EE)

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It is hard to determine whether the slurs of FE (→GE,EE), separated contrary to the clear notation of A, are a result of Chopin's proofreading. Therefore, in the main text we give the undoubtedly authentic slur of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 33-34

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

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FE (→EE)

GE2 (→GE3GE4)

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In the main text we give the pedalling which Chopin added while proofreading FE (→EE). In GE1 the  mark was omitted, which was added in subsequent GE,s, most probably on the basis of the authentic pedalling in bars 19-20. Lack of the mark in GE1 may be a simple oversight of the edition's engraver or be an echo of the error of the proof copy of FE, corrected in the last phase of proofreading.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE