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Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 47

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

b1(2) in A

b1(2) in FE (→GE,EE)
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In A the only accidental in the part of the R.H. is the  before the 3rd semiquaver (c2). In a proofreading of FE (→EE), Chopin also added a  before the 2nd note (b1). It is probably a correction of the manuscript's inaccuracies, yet in this harmonic context the version with b1 (b2) as a possible original version cannot be entirely excluded. The accidentals in the 2nd group of semiquavers are included only in GE (in A, in which the middle part of the bar is written – same as in the following bars – with the octave sign, a sign or signs were not necessary).

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 47

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

Fingering in A

FE (→GE)

EE
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In this bar Chopin restarted the fingering indications in A, which he then completed while proofreading FE (→GE). Even more indications – added by Fontana – are to be found in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 48

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

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In A there is no cautionary  before b1 at the beginning of the bar. The sign was added in FE (→EE), probably during the last proofreading, as it is absent in GE1. In subsequent GE,s it was however completed, while in GE3 (→GE4) a  before b2, the 4th semiquaver, was also added. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 48

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

Fingering in A

FE

GE

EE

Our suggestion
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Out of three '1's Chopin wrote in A, only the first two were included in FE, which is probably a result of the engraver's oversight. In turn, two other digits added during a proofreading at the end of the bar certainly come from Chopin. Both in EE and in GE, the fingering adopted from FE was completed in the 3rd group of semiquavers. In the main text we suggest all certainly authentic digits included in A and FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

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