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Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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Issues : Long accents

b. 12

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

Long accent in Ap & FEcor

 in FE (→GE,EE) 
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In the main text we give a long accent on the basis of Ap and a handwritten Chopin's entry in FEcor. The engraver of FE (→GE,EE) totally misunderstood Chopin's sign, reproducing it as  for the entire 2nd beat of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 12

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

No mark in CLI & FE (→GE,EE) 

Probable  in Ap

Possible long accent in Ap
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Same as in analogous bars 3-4, we propose an alternative interpretation of the short  sign, resembling an accent, visible in Ap at the end of bar 12. A similar problem appears also in bars 11, 38 and 39.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 17

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

Probable long accent in Ap

Possible  in Ap

Long accent in FEcor

 in FE (→GE,EE) 
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The undeniable long accent, written by Chopin in FEcor, was reproduced in FE (→GE,EE) as  hairpins. The sign in Ap, as many others in this manuscript, may be interpreted as a long accent or hairpins. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 17

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

 in Ap

Accent in FE (→GE,EE) 

Our suggestion
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Our proposal (long accent) constitutes a resultant of undeniable elements of two sources including independently written indications in this place – Ap and FE (→GE,EE). We do not consider , as in the version for printing Chopin significantly reduced the number of these signs, while the type of the accent was determined by us on the basis of an entry made by Chopin himself in Ap. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 19

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

No mark in CLI & FE (→GE,EE) 

Long accent in Ap
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In the main text we do not consider the accent underlining the beginning of the new section in Ap.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents