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Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 1

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

in Ap

in FEcor

in FE (→GE1→GE2, →EE)

in GE3 (→GE4→GE5)
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In the main text we give the tempo indications added by Chopin in subsequent proofs of FE (→GE1→GE2, →EE): Allegro already in FEcor, metronome tempo in the next one. In GE3 (→GE4→GE5) the metronome marking erroneously displays 114.
Different indications written in Ap may not have a universal value, as the Etude in this autograph differs quite significantly from the published version in terms of pianistics.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Changes of metre , Errors in GE , Metronome tempos , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 1-5

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

 in Ap

cresc. in FEcor (in bars 5-6 cresc. - - -)

cresc. in FE (→GE,EE)

Our suggestion
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Chopin wrote the cresc. indications in bars 1 and 5 in FEcor, at the second time he also wrote the dashes determining the scope of the dynamic change (similarly in bar 9). The dashes were, however, not included in FE (→GE,EE). It is most probably an oversight, quite often in first editions of Chopin's works (cf., e.g., the Impromptu in A major, Op. 29, bars 21-22 or the Mazurka in B minor, Op. 24 No. 4, bars 47-49). In Ap in both places there are  hairpins, which can be considered as an alternative dynamic marking.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

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. 1-8

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

Fingering in Ap

Fingering in FE (→GE,EE) 
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In Ap the fingering includes 4 digits at the beginning of bar 1 (in the entire Etude Chopin wrote only 20 digits, mainly the same as in the printed version). In the main text we give detailed fingering added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). We discuss a few situations requiring a commentary in separate entries (bars 1, 4, 5). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 1-5

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

legato in Ap

sempre legato in FE (→GE,EE) 
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In the main text we give sempre legato written by Chopin twice (in bars 1 and 5) in FEcor (→FE→GE,EE). In Ap Chopin was satisfied with legato in bar 1, which, however, seems to concern also the accompanying voice or even only the lower voice, as there are slurs over the upper line of semiquavers.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE