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Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 40

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

Long accents in A

FE (→EE)

Short accents in GE

Possible short accents in A
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In FE (→GE,EE) the accents were assigned to the right hand and put over the upper stave. The notation of A is ambiguous in this respect, therefore, in the main text we place the signs between the staves. In GE short accents were used, in accordance with this edition's most frequent manner of reproducing all "accent-like" signs of different length featured in FE. Also in this aspect the notation of A is not entirely unanimous, hence we permit an alternative interpretation of the accents as short. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 41

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

Slurs in A

No slurs in FE (→GE,EE)
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The notation of the next line, overlapping with the slurs under the pairs of chords in the L.H. in A, was certainly a reason for their omission in FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 49-50

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

Slurs and wedge in A

Slurs in FE, literal reading

Probable interpretation of slurs in FE (→EE)

Different interpretation of FE

Different interpretation of FE (→GE)
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The sources do not allow for a clear-cut determination of the intended by Chopin articulation and phrasing concerning the transition of bars 49 and 50. In the main text we give the version of A, as it is undoubtedly authentic and written faultlessly (unequivocal). The ambiguous version of FE may be interpreted in many ways; we give preference to the one in which the slur beginning in bar 50 remained unchanged, probably being a result of Chopin's correction (see bars 51-52). This is how the notation was interpreted in EE. Another one was adopted in GE and we present a third one as an additional possibility.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 49-50

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

Slurs in A & probable interpretation of FE (→EE)

Different interpretation of FE (→GE)
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The slurs of FE are unclear – in bar 49 (at the end of the line) the slur suggests a continuation, which is not confirmed by the slur in bar 50, beginning from the 1st semiquaver in the bar. It is probably a result of an error of the engraver of FE. In each of the editions based on FE the inaccuracy was handled in a different way (similarly as in the case of the slurs in the L.H.). In the main text we give the unequivocal version of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 58-59

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

 in A

FE (→GE,EE)
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It is unclear how the change in placing the  indication occurred – it may be either an error of the engraver or Chopin's correction. In this kind of endings Chopin generally embraces the entire chordal ending with , e.g., in the Etudes in C minor, No. 4 and G major, No. 5, Waltzes in E major, Op. 18 and A major, Op. 34 No. 1, Variations in B major, Op. 12 or Bolero in A minor, Op. 19. Due to this fact, in the main text we adopt the unequivocal version of A. From the practical point of view, the difference in placing  is signficant only when we adopt the dynamic concept in bars 56-58 written in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE