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Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 31

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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In CLI and Ap the 7th and 15th semiquavers are written as a1. At the same time, the notation of Ap is faultless, whereas in CLI there is no  returning a1 on the 4th beat of the bar. The latter also appears in FEcor, in which Chopin added the , yet only before the last note. It was moved to the correct position only in a later proofreading of FE (→EE2→EE3), which, eventually, displays an entirely correct text.
In GE and EE4 further revisions concerning this section (from the 7th semiquaver to the end of the bar) were performed, adding or removing cautionary accidentals. The modifications do not change the meaning of the text, they only influence its transparency.  

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Enharmonic corrections , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 31

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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Neither in CLI nor in Ap there are cautionary naturals before the 2nd crotchet in the L.H. Chopin would add signs at different stages of the Etude's publication preparations – before B in the base text for FE, before F in a later proofreading.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 32

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

Accents in Ap, literal reading

Accents in Ap, probable interpretation

Accents in Ap, possible interpretation

 in FEcor

 in FE (→GE)

 in EE
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Three accents written in Ap in bar 32 are undoubtedly short, if considering their shape. However, their position gives raise to doubts – the signs certainly do not exclusively refer to the upper voice, therefore, they fall on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th beat of the bar, where they probably concern the entire chords. However, if they concern the chords, such a position suggests their extended function, which corresponds to the definition of long accents (cf. bars 45-46). In the main text we give one  written by Chopin – as in two following bars – in FEcor. In finished FE (→GE) and EE the sign was reproduced inaccurately. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 32

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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The cautionary natural before d3 was added in a later proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 35-36

composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

No indication in CLI & Ap

in FEcor

in FE (→GE,EE) 
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In the main text we reproduce the articulation marking written by Chopin in FEcor. In finished FE and the remaining sources the inscription fits in bar 35.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE