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b. 45-46

composition: Op. 10 No 1, Etude in C major

CLI

FE (→GE,EE) 
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CLI most probably preserves the original version of these bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 45-46

composition: Op. 10 No 1, Etude in C major

Rests in CLI & GE (except GE3)

No rests in FE (→EE2→EE3)

Rests in GE3 & EE4

Our variant suggestion
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The sources differ when it comes to the notation of rests at the end of these bars. The natural notation of CLI, in which the part of the R.H. ends with a rest, however, was not repeated in FE (→EE2→EE3). As it is not certain whether omitting the rests was done on purpose by Chopin, in the main text we propose rests in brackets as a variant solution. After all, the difference has a rather ideological than practical character. In the remaining editions the rests are present, which is most probably a result of revisers' actions. In EE4 and GE3 both rests are in bar 45, which is most probably a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 46

composition: Op. 10 No 1, Etude in C major

B in CLI & FE (→EE)

d in GE
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The d note in GE is a result of overlapping the mistake of FE1 and revision of GE: the erroneous d note adopted from FE1 (without any accidental) was completed with a  by the reviser of GE, who above all was concentrated on completing the missing accidentals, therefore, it was adjusted to the B7 chord. In a proofreading of FE2 Chopin changed d into B, restoring the version which – as shown by CLI – was the only intended one from the very beginning.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 47-50

composition: Op. 10 No 1, Etude in C major

No lower octaves in CLI

Octaves in FE (→GE,EE) 
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The version of CLI is undoubtedly earlier and less developed. In FE (→EE), and partially also in GE1 and GE2 (→GE3), the octaves in the L.H. are written in an abbreviated form.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accompaniment changes , Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 47-48

composition: Op. 10 No 1, Etude in C major

No pedalling in CLI

Pedalling in FE

Pedalling in GE & EE
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In the main text we give the  sign after FE. In the remaining editions it was placed a little bit later, which, after all, has no practical meaning. According to us, the atypical – compared to the remaining pedalling of the Etude – position of this sign does not have to be erroneous: perhaps in this way Chopin wanted to draw attention to the need of more cautious pedalling in relation to diminuendo.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies