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Op. 10 No 12, Etude in C minor

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b. 58

composition: Op. 10 No 12, Etude in C minor

Long accent in A

No mark in FE (→GE,EE)

Our variant suggestion
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According to us, the omission of the accent in FE (→GE,EE) may be accidental.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 58

composition: Op. 10 No 12, Etude in C minor

No accidental in A

Natural in FE (→GE,EE)
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The natural added in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE), probably by Chopin, is almost certainly a correction of a mistake and not a change of the original version.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 58

composition: Op. 10 No 12, Etude in C minor

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We add cautionary accidentals before the 1st and 5th notes in the L.H. The natural before g was already added in GE2 (→GE3→GE4).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 61-62

composition: Op. 10 No 12, Etude in C minor

 &  in A

No markings in FE (→GE,EE) 

 &  suggested by the editors
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Lack of  and  in the editions is most probably a result of the engraver's distraction – cf. the remark on ties in bar 62. In the main text we move  to the beginning of the motif – see the remark concerning bars 51-63.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 62

composition: Op. 10 No 12, Etude in C minor

  in A & GE2 (→GE3→GE4)

No signs in FE (→GE1,EE)
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Lack of the hairpins in FE (→GE1,EE) is certainly a result of the engraver's error.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions