Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 49-50

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

Possible slur in A

Slur in FE (→GE,EE)

Slurs suggested by the editors

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It is not clear whether a slightly oblique line in A going from the last crotchet of bar 49 to the second beat of bar 50 is a slur, nor what the extent of that possible slur should be. In the main text we give the slur from FE (→GE,EE) and suggest adding another one modeled on the sign written in A in the analogous bar 48.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 51

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

No sign in A

Arpeggio sign in FE (→GE,EE)

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The arpeggio mark was added – probably by Chopin – in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 51

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

Accent on second crotchet in A

Accent on first chord in FE (→GE,EE)

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The change of the position of the accent, which in A concerns the A1-A octave and in FE (→GE,EE) the chord at the beginning of the bar, must be considered as inspired or accepted by Chopin. While proofreading FE, the composer added an arpeggio mark and pedalling in the same place, hence it seems to be highly unlikely that he did not see the accent.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 53-57

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

No fingering in A

Fingering in FE (→GE)

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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

b. 53-56

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

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FE (→EE)

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