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Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 7

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

E-minor in CLI (interpretation) & Ap

E-minor in FE (→EE2→EE3)

E-major in GE1

E-major in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) & EE4
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On the 2nd beat of the bar in the R.H. we give the E minor triad (with a  before g2) according to FE (→EE2→EE3) and Ap. The natural is, however, absent in FEcor and it was also not included in the copy which served as the base text for GE. In order to avoid the mode discrepancy between the parts of both hands, the reviser of GE1 took the decision to add a  raising g1 into g1 in the L.H. In GE2 and subsequent ones, an additional  was added before g2 in the R.H. These arbitrary changes were also introduced in EE4. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 7

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

 g2 in CLI, Ap, GE2 (→GE3) & EE4

No  in FE (→GE1, →EE2→EE3) & GE4 (→GE5)
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The lack of  raising g2 into g2 on the 10th semiquaver is probably an error of FE (→GE1,→EE2→EE3). It is worth mentioning that when interpreted literally, FEcor has g2 here, as the  before the 2nd semiquaver of the bar is still valid (see the previous remark). Similarly, despite lack of the , g2 is featured in GE1 and GE4 (→GE5). The correctly written combination of the E minor triad on the 2nd beat of the bar and g2 in the described place appears only in Ap. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 9-13

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

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The naturals returning a1, d2 and f2 in bars 9 and 13 are inaccurately written in some of the sources. In CLI they are totally absent, although in bar 13 the sign returning d2 is before the last semiquaver in the lower voice. In FEcor Chopin added them only in bar 9, yet, eventually, he also added the  returning f2 in bar 13 in FE (→EE2). In GE1 only the sign returning d2 in bar 13 is missing. The remaining sources have the correct notation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of CLI

b. 12

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

No marking in Ap

 in FE (→GE,EE) 
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The  sign in FE (→GE,EE), unjustified in this context (cf. analogous bars 4 and 39), is probably a result of an overlap of two mistakes:

  • Chopin overlooked this place, while reducing the number of  signs in the autograph prepared as the base for printing (Ap has 11 signs, including one in analogous bar 4; in the final version Chopin either did not include them at all or he replaced them with accents);
  • the engraver of FE put  instead of ; in the entire Op. 10 a similar mistake was committed on a number of occasions (in the Etudes in: E major, No. 3, bar 54, C minor, No. 4, bars 1, 8, 16, 26, 54, E minor, No. 6, bars 21 and 32, C minor, No. 12, bar 37).

Due to these reasons we omit this in the main text. Cf. bar 27.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , fz – f

b. 17

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

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In CLI there are no naturals returning c2 and e2, nor the sharp raising g1 to g1. The second error – lack of the  before e2 – remained unnoticed also in FE (→GE1,EE2).  

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions