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Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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b. 1-7

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

Dots in Ap

FE (→GE,EE) 
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In the main text we give the staccato dots in the part of the L.H. after FE (→GE,EE). In Ap Chopin wrote them only in bars 1-2, 4 and 7. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 2-4

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

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In FEcor Chopin added staccato dots also under the semiquavers of the lower voice in the R.H. (in bar 4 only under the first one). In a later proofreading he changed his mind, so that in FE (→GE→EE) the dots are eventually absent. The staccato signs are also absent in Ap, in which they would be, however, contrary to the longer rhythmic values of the described two-note chords. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 2

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

 in Ap

No sign in FE (→GE,EE)
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The  sign in Ap appears in this place only in this bar. In the printed version Chopin used dynamic hairpins much less frequently. Cf. bars 10 and 14.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 3

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

No mark in FE (→GE,EE) 

Probable  in Ap

Possible long accent in Ap
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It is not clear how to understand the signs shaped in the form of accents visible in Ap at the end of bars 3 and 4. Therefore, in both places we offer alternative interpretations. A similar problem appears in analogous bars 11-12, 38 and 39.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 4

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

Probable  in Ap

Possible long accent in Ap

 in FE (→GE,EE) 

Our alternate suggestion
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The  mark in FE (→GE,EE) is one of a few that had already been printed in FEcor. Therefore, its compliance with Chopin's intention is not certain due to the possibility of reversing the direction of the sign as a result of the engraver's error (cf., e.g., the Etude in C minor, No. 12, bar 53). Such an error seems to be possible if we take into consideration the four-bar section which ends here and the recurring first phrase with its crescendo and a possible  in Ap.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , Sign reversal