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Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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b. 39

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

No mark in #Ao & FE (→EE,GE1→GE1a→GE2→GE3)

Dot in GE4 (→GE5)
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We add a staccato dot in keeping with marks written by Chopin into FEcor in the analogous bars 4 and 12. As Chopin added dots in neighbouring bars, his inadvertent omission of the mark rises no doubts here. The dot was added already in GE4 (→GE5).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 40-44

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

Staccato dots in Ap

FE (→GE,EE) 
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In bars 40-41 and 43-44 all staccato dots in the part of the L.H. were written by Chopin himself in FEcor (→FE→GE,EE). The overlooked – most probably inadvertently – signs in bar 42 were added in a later proofreading. Ap has the marks only on odd beats of the bar (as in bar 38) and only in bars 40 and 42. For a dot at the beginning of bar 41 see note to this bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 40

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

No sign in CLI & FE (→GE,EE) 

 in Ap
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Same as in bar 36, in the version for printing Chopin did not mark cresc. with which he provided analogous bars 1, 5 and 9. In this situation the  hairpins in Ap can be considered as an addition to the main text. In bar 42 both groups of sources are compatible – the  mark in Ap corresponds with crescendo in the editions. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 43

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

No sign in CLI & FE (→GE,EE) 

 in Ap
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Despite a shorter upper arm of the  in Ap, according to us, Chopin was rather thinking about a diminuendo from the beginning of the bar. The mark may, yet it certainly does not have to, be considered as an addition to the markings of the main version.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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