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Op. 10 No 12, Etude in C minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 33

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

in A

No indication in FE (→GE,EE) 

Our variant suggestion
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We consider the indication's omission to be a more plausible explanation for its lack in FE (→GE,EE) than the composer's correction.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 34

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

Dashes in A

No dashes in FE (→GE,EE) 
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Omitting the dashes determining the range of a dynamic change is one of the most frequent inaccuracies of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 34

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

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In A the accidentals are before each note of the chord at the beginning of the bar. In FE (→GE1,EE) the  before a2 was omitted. The accidental was added in GE2 (→GE3→GE4).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 37

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

in A

in FE (→EE)

in GE
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 in FE (→EE) instead of  in A is most probably a result of the engraver's error. In the entire Op. 10 a similar mistake was committed on a number of occasions (in the Etudes in A minor, No. 2, bar 12, E major, No. 3, bar 54, C minor, No. 4, bars 1, 8, 16, 26, 54, E minor, No. 6, bars 21 and 32). On the other hand, the origin of  in GE is unclear, although the presence of this mark in this place is possibly a mistake too.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 37

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

Accent in A, interpretation

Sign in FE

Sign in GE1

 in EE

 in GE2 (→GE3→GE4)
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The not entirely clear mark of A – hairpins (?), accent (?) – was reproduced in FE in a way which also offers different possibilities of interpretation. It was reflected in the differing arrangement of the mark in GE1 and EE. In subsequent GE,s the range of  was graphically adapted to the metric structure. In the main text we give a long accent, as, according to us, it is the most plausible interpretation of the mark of A. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies