Issues : GE revisions

b. 1

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

in A (literal reading)

 

in FE2

in GE

in EE3

in EE4

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In the main text we give the title and dedication in the undoubtedly authentic version adopted in FE. The extensions of both the title (in GE and EE) and dedication (in EE) most probably come from the editors. See Etude in C, No. 1, bar 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 1-2

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

9 slurs in A (→FE)

11 slurs in GE & EE

No slurs—our alternative suggestion

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It is unclear how to treat the short, two-quaver-long slurs visible in the sources. They do not raise any doubts in A, in which they are compatible with the accents over each sixth. However, after removal of the majority of accents in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE), the slurs seem not to correspond to the new accentuation. The fact of leaving them could have been a compromise, whose aim was to avoid an additional, significant complication of a proofreading. On the other hand, it cannot be excluded that Chopin removed the accents in order not to change their layout, but to avoid exaggeration resulting from double indications. Therefore, having no absolute certainty of Chopin's intention, we suggest a version without slurs as a recommended alternative to the main text from A (→FE).
In GE and EE the authentic slurs were complemented with another two in the 2nd half of bar 2, which does not have any influence on the performance, as in each case the slurs are to be considered as a model and binding in bars 1-4 (in A) or 1-8 (editions).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 2

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

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We add a cautionary  before e2. The sign was already added in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 4

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

 in A & GE2 (→GE3GE4)

No sign in FE (→GE1,EE)

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The missing  mark is a patent error of the engraver of FE (→GE1,EE), corrected in subsequent GE,s.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark

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