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Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

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Issues : Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 4-12

composition: Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

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In A in bar 4 (and bar 12, which repeats this bar) the  hairpins embrace with their range the 2nd and 3rd chords in the bar. This is how it was more or less reproduced in FE, yet minor inaccuracies caused that in GE the sign in bar 12 was given a form of an accent, while in EE in both bars it was printed one quaver too early.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies

b. 48-49

composition: Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

  in A

FE

GE

EE
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In the main text we give the range of hairpins after A, as the minor shifts, to which they were subject in the editions, each time result from an inaccurate interpretation of the base text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 50-51

composition: Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

  in A

 in FE (→GE)

 in EE
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In the main text we give the pairs of dynamic hairpins after A. We interpret the very short marks at the end of the bars, resembling accents, as diminuendos due to the analogy with motifs in bars 1-2 and analog. In the editions only the  marks were considered, which, according to us, is an arbitrary decision of the engraver of FE, stemming from a misunderstanding of the manuscript. The range of these marks were subject to further distortions in GE (minimal) and EE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins