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Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 51

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

No slur in A (→FE→GE1,EE)

Slur in GE2 (→GE3→GE4)

Our suggestion
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Lack of the slur in this place is almost certainly a result of Chopin's inaccuracy. The mark was added in GE2 (→GE3→GE4).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 53-56

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

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FE (→EE)

GE

Our alternative suggestion
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The pedalling was added in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). The omitted  mark closing the pedal from bar 53, probably by mistake, was completed in GE. In the main text we suggest the same solution. The  mark in bar 53 is written in FE (→EE) under the rest. According to us, it is the notation's inaccuracy, therefore, in the main text we move the sign one quaver later. Alternatively, it cannot be excluded that according to Chopin's intention, the pedal should be depressed at the beginning of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 57

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

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In A (→FE1→EE3) there is no  returning b1 on the penultimate semiquaver. It is undoubtedly an oversight, corrected in FE2, GE and EE4.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 58

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

 b1 on 2nd beat in A, FE2, GE i EE

 b1 on 3rd beat in FE1
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In FE1, the  raising b1 to b1 is only in the 3rd group of semiquavers. The error was corrected in FE2 by adding a relevant  also in the 2nd group. The mistake was also corrected by revisers of GE and EE, who moved the sign from the 3rd beat to the 2nd. In the main text we give both signs due to graphic reasons (division of the bar between two lines of the text).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 59

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

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In A (→FE1) there are no naturals returning c2 on the 10th and 15th semiquavers. The composer's oversight is completely clear, yet in FE2 a  was added only on the 4th beat. The revisers of GE and EE correctly completed the text. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE