In this context lack of staccato marks in A is Chopin's oversight, which is proved by dots added in FE (→GE,EE). According to us, while the proofreading undoubtedly confirms Chopin's intention to perform the quavers staccato, the kind of the used marks (dots) does not have to be considered as valid, as the engraver of FE was only occasionally able to recognise Chopin's wedges and Chopin himself, while proofreading FE, could adapt himself to the marks he saw already printed in the corrected text, i.e. dots. Due to this fact, in the main text we suggest varied marks, based on bar 1 and compliant with the marks which, on the basis of A, we adopted in the main text in the entire Etude.
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions
issues: Authentic corrections of FE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
