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Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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b. 11

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

Rhythmic notation in A (→FE→GE,EE)

Our suggestion
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According to us, the authentic, simplified rhythmic notation of the 1st chord may be perceived as unclear in this case. Therefore, we introduce a more exact notation with division into voices.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Different values of chord components

b. 12

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

Chord in A

Rest in FE (→GE,EE)
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The chord which opens the bar in A is written without the  before the topmost note, which is an obvious oversight. Chopin resigned from this chord, while proofreading FE (→GE,EE). The traces of its deletion – along with the arpeggio – are clearly visible in the subsequent copies of FE. Cf. bar 13.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 12-13

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

Fingering in A

FE

GE1 (→GE2)

GE3 (→GE4)

EE
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Chopin's fingering of these bars had been already indicated in A, although the end of bar 12 is imprecisely described – the 4th finger on the 14th note does not follow from the previous arrangement of the hand. In a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE), Chopin added a relevant digit, however, it is uncertain whether he can be attributed the previous deletion of two '1's, over the 1st and 13th semiquavers. Considering the engraver's negligence to be a more plausible reason for their omission, in the main text we give all digits featured in A and FE. Both in EE and – which is much less frequent in the Etudes – in GE the indications of FE were completed at the beginning of bar 12, using Chopin's fingering of an analogous figure in bar 11. In EE the fingering of the 1st group of semiquavers in bar 13 was also completed.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 12

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

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In A there are visible traces of deleting the G1 note. It is unclear whether it was supposed to be a part of the G1-G octave or to be autonomous, instead of G of the final version.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A

b. 13

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

Minim in A

Semibreve in FE (→GE,EE)
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In A, in the middle of the bar there was originally a minim c-g-e1 chord, which was then deleted and replaced with a rest. Eventually, while proofreading FE (→GE,EE), Chopin gave the initial fifth the value of a semibreve. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Authentic corrections of FE