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Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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b. 28

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

CLI version, interpretation

Ap & FE (→GE,EE) 
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The different version of CLI is one of two examples of the melodic line's change in this Etude at the time of refining the piece. Ap has the final version, which was also written in the base text for FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accompaniment changes , Main-line changes

b. 28

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

No slur in CLI & Ap

Slur in FE (→GE,EE) 
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The slur starting from the G-g octave was written by Chopin in FEcor, yet without determining the final point – in bar 29, which is already on a new line, there is no continuation of this slur. The ambiguity was carefully reproduced in FE (→EE2→EE3), while in GE (and EE4) a natural in this situation ending of the slur was added.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 28

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

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We add cautionary naturals before the G-g octave. The addition was also made in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) and EE4.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 29

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

No slur in CLI, Ap & FE (→EE2→EE3)

Slur in GE & EE4
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Chopin did not mark the ending of the slur in FE (→EE2→EE3), whose beginning he wrote himself in FEcor (→FE→GE,EE). We add the only possible addition in this situation, in accordance with the ending of the slur introduced in GE (and EE4).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 29

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

 on first beat in Ap

 on second beat in FE (→GE,EE)  
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According to us, the  mark, written by Chopin in FEcor before the accent on the 2nd beat of the bar, may in Chopin's intention embrace with its range also the beginning of the bar. Therefore,  present in this place in Ap may be considered as equal to the original version.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE