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Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
CLI
Main text
CLI - Copy by Linowski
Ap - Presentation autograph
FE - French edition
FEcor - Chopin's FE proof
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Fourth German edition
GE5 - Fifth German edition
EE - English edition
EE2 - Second impression of [EE1]
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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  b. 2-6

Octaves in CLI & FE (→GE,EE) 

Only A in Ap

Lack of the lower octave at the beginning of bars 2 and 6 in Ap suggests Chopin's hesitation concerning its presence – the octaves are both in CLI, representing the earliest stage of the Etude's notation and in FE (→GE,EE), which ends the shaping process of the piece's text. Similarly in bar 10, 14, 37 and 41.

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See b. 37

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Chopin's hesitations

notation: Pitch

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