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Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 29

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

b1-b1-a1 in CLI

b1-a1-g1 in Ap, FEcor & GE

b1-a1()-g1 in FE (→EE)
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This is the second of the places in which Chopin changed the melodic line of the Etude (cf. bar 28). The final version is present in Ap, it was also already written in the base text for FE.

In one of the last proofreadings of FE (→EE) a cautionary  was added before the 14th semiquaver a1. In this context the sign seems to be totally unnecessary.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes

b. 29-30

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

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The slurs combining the E-e octave with the next one were added by Chopin in one of the last proofreadings of FE (→GE,EE). In Ap the octaves are also combined, yet only with the upper slur.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 29-34

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

Fragmentary fingering in Ap

Complete fingering in FE (→GE,EE) 
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In the main text we give the detailed fingering given by Chopin in FEcor (→FE→GE,EE). In Ap Chopin marked here a few digits, including one – in bar 33 – different than in the printed version.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 29

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

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In CLI and FEcor there is no  returning e2 on the 8th semiquaver in the bar. The sign was added in a later proofreading of FE (→GE,EE); it is also present in Ap.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Errors of CLI

b. 30

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

No marking in CLI & Ap

 in FEcor, GE3 (→GE4→GE5) & EE4

 &  in FE (→GE1→GE2, →EE2→EE3)
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was written by Chopin in FEcor, yet only the revisers of GE3 (→GE4→GE5) and EE4 placed both parts of the indication in a more or less correct way. In FE (→GE1→GE2, →EE2→EE3)  seems to concern the 2nd semiquaver, whereas  – only the 4th one. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

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