Issues : GE revisions

b. 1

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

in A

in FE1

in FE2

in GE

in EE3

in EE4

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In the main text we give the title and dedication in the undoubtedly authentic version adopted in FE. The extensions of both the title (in GE and EE) and dedication (in EE) most probably come from the editors. See the Etude in C major, No. 1, bar 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Dedications , GE revisions

b. 1-4

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

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FE (→EE,GE1GE2)

GE3 (→GE4)

Our variant suggestion

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The pedalling of these bars was added by Chopin during a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). The editors have doubts whether the moment of the pedal's release in bar 4 was correctly marked (due to harmonic reasons). Therefore, we suggest to release the pedal slightly earlier. Most probably, the reviser of GE3 (→GE4) thought alike, moving the  mark at the end of bar 3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 2-6

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

No slurs in A (→FEEE3)

Slur in GE & EE4

Our suggestion

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We suggest to complete the slurs after Chopin's marks in analogous bars 16 and 20. In bar 6 the slur was already added in GE and EE4.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 4

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

No mark in A (→FEEE)

Wedge in GE

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In GE the note was provided with a wedge, probably by analogy to bar 2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 12-13

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

Fingering in A

GE1 (→GE2)

GE3 (→GE4)

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Chopin's fingering of these bars had been already indicated in A, although the end of bar 12 is imprecisely described – the 4th finger on the 14th note does not follow from the previous arrangement of the hand. In a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE), Chopin added a relevant digit, however, it is uncertain whether he can be attributed the previous deletion of two '1's, over the 1st and 13th semiquavers. Considering the engraver's negligence to be a more plausible reason for their omission, in the main text we give all digits featured in A and FE. Both in EE and – which is much less frequent in the Etudes – in GE the indications of FE were completed at the beginning of bar 12, using Chopin's fingering of an analogous figure in bar 11. In EE the fingering of the 1st group of semiquavers in bar 13 was also completed.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

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