CHOPIN 12 STUDIES OP. 10 STUDENT'S EDITION ALFRED CORTOT TRANSLATED BY M. PARKINSON Si diffieuk principles 1 the itll reduced to. ite mort elementary + only the difficult passage, ALFRED CORTOT EDITIONS SALABERT (COLLECTION MAURICE SENART) PARIS COPYRIGHT ay EDITIONS MAURICE SENART 1s NEW-YORK ae, Rue Chauchat COPYRIGHT RY EDITIONS MAURICE SENART- i943, East S7'h Street N. Y Primed im France12 STUDIES 0p.10 Table STUDY we7 40.40? STUDY Ne12m.20 Allegrove-18) STUDY No10.2m.10) - Lig wn auean eats he be We ee bas Se En 12m) STUDY 326 G0) abst Page a2 weeenth sine ee en pee oe Fai a Jetg0) Page M3 Alien crgioal 0:76 At Sehfsingerd-160) PASFREDERICK CHOPIN 12 STUDIES (Op. 10) (Composed between 1829 and 1981) FOREWORD In publishing this Edition of Chopin's compositions, we propose to offer the publie a final text, unimpaired by doubtful traditions and misprints which have been too often superstitiously respected in previous editions ~ and, at the same time, a rational method of study founded on a si rehing analysis of technical difficulties. ‘The essential principle of this method is to practise, not so much the difficult passage taken as a whole, but the particular diffieulty it presents by reducing the latter to its elements. ‘This principle will hold good for all pianoforte practising: it does away with mechanical work which degrades the study of am Art essentially featured by sensibility and intelligence — and though it may appear superficially slow, ensures in fact definite progress. Both teacher and pupil will find in the practice-formulae explained hereafter a basis Irom which to evolve new exercises suited to the individual difficulties peculiar to each performer. We have not burdened the text with aesthetic observations, Rules may indeed be set down concerning the manual practice of an Art but personality and taste have never followed rules, ALFRED CORTOT. Paris 1914. N.B. — The metronomic indications that appear at the beginning of each Study are those given either in the original manuscript or in Sehlesinger's Parisian edition published while Chopin was alive. We have added our own suggestions as 10 the approximate duration of each piece. (See Thematic Table)