Issues : Accompaniment changes
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b. 1-8
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composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor
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The crotchets in bars 1-2 and 5-8 constitute a significant change of the concept in Ap in the scope of the Etude's technical problems and its sound image (cf. the characteristic of Ap). As the version does not appear in any of the sources related to the publication of the piece – neither in CLI nor in FE (→GE,EE) – it seems that the prolonged articulation of the accompanying two-note chords appeared only as a transitional phase in the shaping process of the Etude's text or – which, according to us, is more plausible – as a one-time exclusive idea. See also the remark concerning bars 3-4. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Chopin's hesitations , Accompaniment changes |
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b. 2-6
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composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor
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The fifth on the 3rd beat of bars 2 and 6 in CLI is probably the original version. The c1 notes were originally absent also in FE, as in both bars Chopin added them in FEcor. Chopin hesitated in which places to put the cautionary naturals before c1, which can already be seen in FEcor, where before the triad on the 2nd beat of bar 2, a category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations issues: Cautionary accidentals , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Uncertain notes on ledger lines |
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b. 3-4
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composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor
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In Ap the rhythmic values of subsequent two-note chords of the lower voice in the R.H. create in those bars (as well as in subsequent repetitions) an alternating short-long scheme (semiquaver-crotchet). Sometimes the resounding length contrast is additionally underlined with accents. In the main text we give the homogenous, as far as the sound is concerned, version of FE (→GE,EE). category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Chopin's hesitations , Accompaniment changes |
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b. 4
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composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor
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The corrections of the rhythm written in FEcor confirm that the crotchets in CLI and Ap is the original version, changed by Chopin in all three analogous places (bars 12 and 39). category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations |
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b. 4
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composition: Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor
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Chopin took the decision to lower the fifth already at the stage of preparing the base text for FE. Ap also has the final version with f. Similarly in analogous bars 12 and 39. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Accompaniment changes |
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