mUltimate Chopin

Op. 10 No 10, Etude in A♭ major

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 54

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

  in A & GE2 (→GE3→GE4)

 in FE (→GE1) 

No markings in EE
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Omission of the  mark in FE (→GE1,EE) and the  mark in EE is probably a result of the engravers' oversights. The pedal release asterisk was added – according to the harmonic sense – in GE2 (→GE3→GE4).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 56

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

 in A

No markings in FE (→GE,EE)

Our suggestion
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Lack of the  mark in FE (→GE,EE) is probably a result of the engraver's oversight. In the main text we consider the mark written by Chopin in A and suggest an explanation, specifying its meaning in this context.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , No pedal release mark

b. 66

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

b1 in A (→FE→EE)

g1 in GE
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Initially, the erroneous version of GE – with g1 – was also in FE, in which, however, this g1 was changed to b1 in the last proofreading. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 67

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

h1 in A

c1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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Lack of the flat lowering c1 to c1 in the 2nd half of the bar in FE (→GE,EE) is probably an oversight of the engraver, who could have confused this bar with bar 65.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 75-76

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

Slurs in A, contextual interpretation

No slurs in FE (→GE,EE)
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According to us, both slurs written in A are too short. Their absence in the editions is probably a result of an oversight of the engraver of FE (it cannot be excluded that he omitted them, not being certain of their range).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A