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Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in A

b. 35-36

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

No marks in A (→FE→GE,EE)

Accents suggested by the editors
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Lack of accents is most probably Chopin's oversight, who omitted here also slurs. Cf. bars 7-8.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in A

b. 41-42

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

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In both bars in A (→FE), there are no accidentals before the last note of the 2nd group of semiquavers. These patent oversights were completed in GE and EE. The sharps are also written in pencil in FES.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Annotations in FES , Inaccuracies in A

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. 94

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

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In A there is no  raising c1 to c1. This patent inaccuracy was corrected in FE2, GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A