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Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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b. 8

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

No dot in CLI, GE & EE

Dot in Ap & FE
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In the main text we consider the staccato dot, visible over the 1st octave in Ap and FE. It is hard to determine what caused the sign's lack in both GE and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies

b. 8

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

No indication in CLI, Ap & GE4 (→GE5)

dim. in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2→GE3)
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In the main text we give the dim. indication written by Chopin in FEcor (→FE→EE). In GE1 (→GE2→GE3) an extended, dimin. form was used, and in later GE,s the indication was omitted.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 8

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

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On the 4th beat of the bar there is a superfluous  before g1 in the manuscripts (cf. bar 4).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 9-10

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

  in Ap

cresc. - - - in FEcor

cresc. in FE (→GE,EE) 
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The   pair of signs in Ap may be considered as an alternative to cresc. - - - in FEcor. In the finished version of FE (→GE,EE) the dashes limiting the range of the dynamic scope were omitted.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 9-14

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

No fingering in Ap

One numeral in FE (→GE) 

99 numerals in EE
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These bars, being a repetition of bars 1-6, were not provided with fingering by Chopin (except for the '4' digit at the beginning of bar 9). In EE Fontana copied here the fingering given in FE at the beginning of the Etude. In bar 12 the alternative misplaced fingering from the beginning of the bar was even repeated.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions