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b. 11

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

No indications in CLI & Ap

in FE (→GE,EE) 
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In the main text we give sempre legato repetead here by Chopin in FEcor (→FE→GE,EE); probably due to the beginning of a new page in FE. Cf. bars 19-21.

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b. 12

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

No marking in Ap

 in FE (→GE,EE) 
..

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.

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issues: Errors in FE , fz – f

b. 15-17

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

cresc. & dim. in Ap

cresc. & dim. in FEcor

cresc. & dim. (later) in FE (→GE,EE)
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In the main text we give the dynamic markings written in FEcor, in accordance with the visible in this Etude Chopin's tendency to indicate only general framework of dynamic details. However, the more precise indications of Ap may be, according to us, treated as their completion. In FE (→GE,EE) the dim. indication, written in FEcor in the middle of bar 17, was reproduced a little bit later, on the 3rd beat of the bar. 

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issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 16

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

No marking in CLI & FE (→GE,EE) 

in Ap
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We do not consider  present in Ap in the main text, as it seems to go beyond the dynamic framework of this part of the Etude. See bars 15-16.

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issues: Centrally placed marks

b. 18

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

No marking in CLI & FE (→GE,EE) 

in Ap
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In the main text we do not include  present in Ap, as it seems to exceed the dynamic framework of this part of the Etude. See bars 15-16.

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