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Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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Issues : GE revisions

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. 8

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

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In the manuscripts there are no cautionary naturals before the first two semiquavers in the upper voice. In FE (→GE,EE) there is a sign before e2, while in GE and EE4 a  was added also before f2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

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. 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. 9-13

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

No indication in CLI, Ap & FE (→EE,GE1→GE2→GE3)

in GE4 (→GE5)
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As in bar 5, the  indication in bars 9 & 13 was added by the reviser of GE4 (→GE5).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions