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Op. 10 No 10, Etude in A♭ major

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 5-8

composition: Op. 10 No 10, Etude in A♭ major

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In the 2nd four-bar section Chopin wrote the accidentals less carefully. In A (→FE) there are no naturals before b2 in bar 5 and d3 in bars 7-8. These patent oversights were corrected in GE and EE (in EE3 the  in bar 7 was not completed).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 6-8

composition: Op. 10 No 10, Etude in A♭ major

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The cautionary  before e2 at the beginning of bar 6 was added in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). In the main text we still add a few cautionary signs in bar 8 – flats before a2 on the 3rd and a1 on the 5th quavers, as well as a  before f2 on the 6th quaver. The flats were already added in GE2 (→GE3→GE4), while the first of them also in EE4.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 10 No 10, Etude in A♭ major

No fingering in A (→FE→GE)

Fingering in EE
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The fingering added by Fontana in EE naturally follows from the figurations.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 8

composition: Op. 10 No 10, Etude in A♭ major

c3-a3 & d2 in A, FE2 & EE

c2-a2 & d2 in FE1

c3-a3 & d3 in GE
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The version of FE1 is a result of the engraver's mistake in determining the range of the octave sign, which ends one quaver too early in this edition. Both in FE2 and in EE the error was corrected. In GE this sixth, also written with an octave sign, is actually on the correct pitch, yet the octave sign erroneously includes also the next quaver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 8-9

composition: Op. 10 No 10, Etude in A♭ major

Slur ending in A

FE (→GE,EE)
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The slur of FE (→GE,EE) is obviously erroneous – the engraver led the slur to the end of the line, as it is in A. At the same time, he did not pay attention to the difference in the text's division into great staves: in A the line ends with bar 8, while in FE – with bar 9.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions