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Op. 10 No 1, Etude in C major

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Issues : Long accents

b. 69-70

composition: Op. 10 No 1, Etude in C major

No marks in CLI & EE2

 in FE (→GE) & EE3 (→EE4)

Long accents (interpretation of the sources)
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Five consecutive  signs visible in FE (→GE) and EE3 (→EE4) can denote only long accents in this context. However, their significant size is not typical for Chopin long accents, yet they are to be found in autographs. It is very likely that the placement and size of the accents were distorted by the engraver, who, interpreting them as diminuendo, could subject them to a routine revision (cf., e.g., the Etude in A minor, No. 2, bars 8 and 12). In EE2 the signs were omitted, similarly as all other dynamic signs on this page. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in EE