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Op. 10 No 12, Etude in C minor

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Issues : Long accents

b. 63-65

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

Long accents in A (→FE)

Short accents in GE

Different accents in EE
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The accents in the R.H. at the beginning of these bars, despite their unimpressive size, display a form which is characteristic rather of long accents. The marks in FE, and in bar 63 also in EE, may also be considered as long. In the remaining situations, we see short accents in the sources.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 66

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

Long accent in A

Short accent in FE (→EE)

No mark in GE
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The long accent included in A was reproduced in FE (→EE) as a short one. In GE the mark was omitted.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 68

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

Short accent in A

No mark in FE (→GE,EE) 

Our variant suggestion
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According to us, the long accent would be more appropriate here than the short accent of A, which we consider as written inaccurately (cf. bar 66). In FE (→GE,EE) the sign was not included at all, which can be considered to be justified due to the less intense dynamics in bars 67-68 in comparison with bars 65-66. Taking this into account, in the main text we leave the application of the accent at the performer's discretion.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 69

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

Long accent in A

Short accent in FE (→GE,EE3) 

No mark in EE4
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Contrary to FE (→GE,EE3), we consider the accent in A to be a long one. In EE4 the mark was omitted.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 70

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

Different accents in A

Short accents in FE (→GE,EE) 

Our suggestion
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In A both accents in this bar differ significantly in their length, which was not considered in the editions. According to us, the first one, long, refers rather to the upper voice, therefore, in the main text we move it over the chord.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents