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Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 69-70

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

No marks in A (→FE→GE,EE)

Our suggestion
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In the main text we suggest to add the staccato dots, omitted in the sources, after analogous bars 9-10.

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b. 74

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

Long accents in A

Accent in FE (→GE)

Long accent in EE
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In the main text we give two unambiguous long accents of A. Nevertheless, none of them was reproduced in FE (→GE,EE), in which there is however an accent in the middle of the bar (perhaps long, as it was reproduced in EE). The mark could have been added by Chopin, yet one cannot be certain whether it was correctly reproduced. Cf. the note on slurs.

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issues: Long accents

b. 79

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

Accents and staccato in A

No marks in FE (→GE,EE)
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Omission of the precise indications of A (accents and the staccato dot) in the editions is almost certainly a result of negligence of the engraver of FE (→GE,EE).

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issues: Errors in FE

b. 82

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

Accent on d1 in A

Accent on c1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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According to us, the accent over c1 featured in FE (→GE,EE) is a result of the engraver's error (who perhaps was influenced by the accents in bars 79-80). In the main text we give the long accent written in A, emphasising the appoggiatura of d1. 

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issues: Long accents

b. 88

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

No accent in A

Accent in FE (→GE,EE)

Our variant suggestion
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The accent at the beginning of the 4th group of semiquavers is included in FE (→GE,EE). In such a context it is not certain whether it was Chopin that added it during a proofreading or the engraver that left one sign too many "on the run". Cf. bars 9-10.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE