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Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 49-52

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

Fingering in A

FE (→GE)

EE
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In the main text we give the fingering of FE (→GE), in which Chopin completed scarce indications of A. In EE Fontana added a number of further indications, which do not go beyond the positions resulting from Chopin's fingering.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 50

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

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In A (→FE) there are no accidentals in this bar. The cautionary  before c2 was added in GE and EE4. The sign before d2 is our addition.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 50

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

Dotted minim & semibreve in A

Dotted minim & minim in FE

Two minims in GE & EE
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The engraver of FE probably assumed that lack of stem combining A and e is an example of inaccurate notation, quite often found in Chopin's autographs. In GE and EE the notation was simplified even more, omitting the point extending the bass note A. In the main text we give the precise notation of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Different values of chord components , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 51

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

c3 without  in A (→FE), and with   in EE & GE3 (→GE4)

c3 in GE1 (→GE2)
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In A (→FE) there is no accidental before the 4th semiquaver. There is no reason to doubt that it is a typical of Chopin inaccuracy, resulting from the rules of validity of the accidentals, which in fact were not fully established in Chopin's notation. It is confirmed by the  written in this place in FED. In spite of this, in GE1 (→GE2) there is a  before this note, which is certainly a mistake.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED , Accidentals in different octaves , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 53-57

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

No fingering in A

Fingering in FE (→GE)

EE
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In the main text we give the fingering in bar 53, written by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE). In this and next bars, Fontana added a number of further hints in EE, specifying Chopin's indications.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE