Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 5-6

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

Long accent in A & EE

Short accent in FE (→GE)

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In A the accent in bar 5 is significantly longer than the one in bar 6 (similarly in bars 9-10). A minor difference was reproduced only in EE, which is probably a fortuitous coincidence.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 9-10

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

Two accents in A

Long accent in FE (→EE)

Short accent in GE

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In FE the type of the accent in bar 9 (short or long) is not obvious – in GE it was reproduced as short, in EE – as long. In FE (→GE,EE) the short accent in bar 10 was overlooked. In FED Chopin added a long accent in bar 9, confirming the printed sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 18-20

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

Long accents in A (→FEEE)

Short accents in GE

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The type of accents in bars 18 and 20 (short or long) is not clear in FE – in GE they were reproduced as short, while in EE as long. We adopt that, same as in A, they are long accents. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 22

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

Staccato dot in A (→FEEE)

No mark in GE

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The notation of A (and EE) may raise some doubts, as the quaver is at the same time extended with a rhythmic dot and shortened with a staccato dot. According to us, the dot, which in A seems to be a staccato mark, actually is not an element of the notation at all, yet one of small ink spills, which are numerous in A. Due to this fact, we do not include it in the main text. An additional argument against performing the bass note staccato is lack of pedalling in this bar – in adjacent bars the staccato marked bass notes resound with pedal. Omission of the staccato dot in GE may be linked to the lack of the dot extending in FE – the reviser of GE could have assumed that the dot was misplaced.   

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 32

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

L.H. long accents in A, interpretation

R.H. long accents in FE (→EE,GE1GE2)

Different accents in GE3 (→GE4)

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The assignment of the accents either to the right or left hand is unclear in A. According to us, the signs refer to the L.H., as in bar 29. In GE3 (→GE4), the 2nd sign was shortened to the form of a common accent.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE