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Op. 10 No 10, Etude in A♭ major

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Issues : Accidentals in different octaves

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. 7-8

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

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The natural raising a1 to a1 in bar 7 and the  returning d1 in bar 8, omitted in A, were added in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Omissions to cancel alteration , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 13

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

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The lack of naturals before the sixth on the 6. quaver is an undoubted oversight by Chopin in A (→FE). The  before the upper note was complemented in both GE and EE, however the one sharpening d2 to d2 was only added in GE2 (→GE3→GE4). The lack of the latter accidental also infuences the pitch of the penultimate quaver of the bar. This inaccuracy was noticed during the proofreading of FE (→GE,EE) where a  was added before that quaver.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions

b. 37-38

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

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The notation of accidentals in these bars is very careless in A, although it does not lead to textual doubts. In bar 37 Chopin omitted the flats before the 1st (g), 2nd (g1) and 9th (c1) notes in the L.H. and before the upper note (c4) of the sixth on the 2nd quaver in the R.H. Moreover, the  lowering g2 to g2 is written only before the last quaver in the R.H. In bar 38 there are no flats before the 4th (g) and 5th (g1) notes in the L.H. In FE only the first necessary flats in the parts of both hands in bar 37 and a cautionary  before c2 in bar 38 were added. In GE all necessary signs and a superfluous  before c3 on the 8th quaver in bar 37 were added. In turn, the cautionary  in bar 38 was not included, which probably means that it was added during the last stage of proofreading of FE. EE also has the correct notation, including the aforementioned natural. At the same time, EE3 gives only the necessary signs, while in EE4 two unnecessary flats featured in GE were also added.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 40

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

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In A (→FE) there is no  raising d2 to d2 on the 5th quaver and the  lowering g1 to g1 on the 11th quaver. These patent errors were corrected in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A