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Op. 10 No 1, Etude in C major

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b. 44

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

e3 in CLI, GE3 (→GE4→GE5) & EE as well as FED, FEJ & FES

d3 in FE (→GE1→GE2)
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FE (→GE1→GE2) has d3 as the last semiquaver. The mistake is revealed by corrections in all three pupils' copies. The note was changed to e3 also in EE and subsequent GE,s.  

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issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , GE revisions , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEJ

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.

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

b. 49-50

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

No marks in CLI & FE (→GE,EE2)

Accents in EE3 (→EE4)
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In EE3 (→EE4) the accents were added according to bars 1-2.

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issues: EE revisions

b. 51

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

No fingering in CLI & FE (→GE)

Fingering in EE
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Chopin did not give here the fingering, as he probably thought that the one he wrote in analogous bar 3 was enough. Fontana, adding the fingering in EE, included both the authentic indications and his own alternative solution.

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issues: EE revisions

b. 52-53

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

No fingering in CLI & FE (→GE)

Fingering in EE
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In FE (→GE) there is no fingering in this place. Adding the indications in EE, Fontana included both authentic fingering (given in analogous bars 4-5) and his alternative proposals.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions