mUltimate Chopin

Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description

Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 4

composition: Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

..

Before the 7th semiquaver in A there is no  returning e1. However, there is a  before e1 on the 9th semiquaver, which would be unjustified, if the 7th and 8th semiquavers were meant to be e1. Therefore, an oversight of the  is beyond any doubt and it was confirmed by an accidental added in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). Analogous bar 37 is written correctly already in A. Cf. bar 12.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 6-8

composition: Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

Slur in A

Slurs in FE (→GE,EE)

Slur suggested by the editors
..

Chopin added a slur in bars 7-8 at the time of proofreading FE (→GE,EE). According to us, the proofreading's goal was to extend the slur from bar 6 and the applied solution is of a simplified nature – extending a slur required much more workload of the engraver, thus Chopin could have felt embarrassed to require such a change in a place which, actually, was printed in accordance with the base text. See the remark concerning extending the slur of A in bars 2-3. Cf. bars 14-15. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 6

composition: Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

 in A

  in FE (→GE,EE3)

Three hairpins in EE4

Our variant suggestion
..

A has only a  mark in the 2nd half of the bar, while FE (→GE,EE3) only   marks in the 1st half. The marks added in the 1st half of the bar are undoubtedly a result of Chopin's proofreading, however, it is not entirely clear in the case of the mark omitted in the 2nd half of the bar. Therefore, in the main text we include the addition performed in FE (interpreting the  mark as continuation of the previous one), yet we do not entirely renounce the hairpins written in A (cf. bar 7). A similar solution was introduced in EE4.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE , Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 10

composition: Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

..

In A there is no  returning a2 on the 10th semiquaver. This obvious oversight was corrected in FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 11

composition: Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

..

In A Chopin overlooked the  raising c1 to c1 on the 3rd quaver. The mistake was corrected in FE (→GE,EE). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE