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Op. 10 No 1, Etude in C major

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Issues : Accidentals in different octaves

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. 12-25

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

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The sources differ in the details of notation of accidentals in figures which are repeated in various octaves.
In CLI the  raising d into d is present only in front of the 1st note in bar 22, whereas in bar 25 a  in front of c3 was additionally inserted also in the 4th group of semiquavers.
In FE (→GE1,→EE2,→EE3) there are no  in the 2nd group of semiquavers in bars 12, 22 and 24. In the remaining editions, a  was added in bar 12, while in GE4 (→GE5) also in bars 22 and 24. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves

b. 29

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

b3 in CLI & EE

c4 in FE (→GE)
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The b3 note on the last semiquaver in CLI and EE seems to be a mistake – the copyist, or maybe the engraver, could have not realised the irregularity of figurations in this place. However, one cannot exclude that CLI transfers the original version of the note, while in EE we are dealing with an editorial revision. Cf. bars 5 and 53.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Main-line changes

b. 30-37

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

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Due to the lack of generally recognised rules concerning accidentals, the sources differ in this respect. However, the differences do not influence the interpretation of the text. The layout of the accidentals adopted in the main text can be found in GE4 (→GE5).

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

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

b. 47-48

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

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In CLI and FE (→GE1→GE2→GE3,→EE) there is no  in the last group of semiquavers in bar 47 and in the second one in bar 48. It is a result of other rules on accidentals than the ones adopted by us in this kind of situations.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions