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Op. 10 No 1, Etude in C major

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Issues : Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 38-51

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

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In CLI the octaves in bars 38, 40 and 51 are written in an abbreviated form (with the use of 8). In FE the notation was used only in bars 40 and 51, while in EE – only in bar 51. 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 42-44

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

Single notes in CLI

Octaves in FE (→GE,EE)
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In CLI the bass – except for the A1-A octave in bar 42 – is written with single notes. It may be the original version, yet an oversight of some or all 8 signs determining the octaves cannot be excluded. The shortened notation can be seen in FE in the first octaves in these bars, which only partially was adopted in the remaining editions:

  • in GE1 (→GE2→GE3) only at the beginning of bar 44;
  • in EE only at the beginning of bar 43 and in the entire bar 44.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accompaniment changes , Abbreviated octaves' notation

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. 52-53

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

No lower octaves in CLI

Octaves in FE (→GE,EE) 
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Lack of lower octaves in CLI is almost certainly a result of the copyist's error – the octaves are there both in the previous and in the next bars. In FE (→EE) the octaves are written in an abbreviated form with the use of the 8 sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated octaves' notation , Errors of CLI

b. 54-63

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

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In some of the sources the lower notes of the octaves in the L.H. are marked in an abbreviated form with 8 signs. In CLI and FE all described bars are written in this way, although in CLI two 8 signs were omitted in bar 60. In EE the abbreviation was used only in bars 54-56.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated octaves' notation , Errors of CLI