mUltimate Chopin

Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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Issues : Long accents

b. 39

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

No mark in CLI & EE2

Accent in Ap

Long accent in FE (→GE1)

Short accent in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) i EE3 (→EE4)
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In the main text we give a long accent on the basis of clear handwritten entry by Chopin in FEcor. The sign in FE (→GE1) is significantly shorter, yet it can still be considered a long accent. Later GE and EE already have a common short accent (except for EE2, in which the sign was overlooked). The accent under the part of the L.H. in Ap should also be considered as rather a short one.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 44

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

No mark in CLI, EE2 & GE3 (→GE4→GE5)

Long accent in Ap, FEcor & EE3 (→EE4)

 in FE (→GE1→GE2) 
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According to us, the mark written by Chopin in FEcor is a long accent, same as in analogous bar 17. An unequivocal long accent is also in Ap. In FE (→GE1→GE2) the mark was interpreted as  hairpins, which, in this case, cannot be considered as an inaccuracy. In EE2 and GE3 (→GE4→GE5) the sign was omitted, whereas in EE3 (→EE4) a long (!?) accent was added.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Errors in EE , Errors in GE

b. 45-46

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

No marks in CLI & FE (→GE,EE) 

Long accents in Ap
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The dynamic markings visible in Ap at the end of these bars should be unequivocally interpreted as long accents, taking into account the context of the one-and-a-half-bar long crescendo.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 45-46

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

Long accents in Ap & FEcor

Short accents in FE (→GE,EE) 
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According to us, both accents in Ap should be interpreted as long ones, which is confirmed by undoubtedly long accents written by Chopin in FEcor. In FE (→GE,EE) they were rendered as common short accents.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE