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Op. 10 No 1, Etude in C major

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 5

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

No fingering in CLI

Fingering in FE (→GE)

Additional fingering in EE
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In the main text we give the undoubtedly authentic fingering of FE (→GE). In EE it was completed with a digit added by Fontana, which indicates a different fingering than the one by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 6-7

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

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The sharp in front of f2 in bar 6 is present only in EE, while the  in front of a3 in bar 7 appears only in the later impressions and editions (EE4 and all GE,s except for GE1). Moreover, in CLI there is no  in front of f1 in bar 6. Those discrepancies does not influence the reading of the text, yet they result from the gradually specified rules governing the accidentals.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions

b. 7-12

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

Ties in CLI, GE & EE

No ties in FE
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In FE there are no ties sustaining the upper notes of the octaves in bars 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12. According to us, the most probable explanation is a kind of misunderstanding at the time of changing the original brief notation of the octaves with the use of 8 under the upper notes for regular notation. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 12-14

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

Ties in CLI, GE & EE

No ties in FE
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In FE there are no ties sustaining the upper notes of the octaves in bars 11-12 and 13-14. According to us, the most probable explanation is a misunderstanding at the time of changing the original brief notation of the octaves with the use of 8 under the upper notes for regular notation. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 14

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

No fingering in CLI & FE (→GE)

Fingering in EE
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The fingering added by Fontana in EE is contrary to Chopin's indications in similar figures in bars 4, 18 and 20.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions