A
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b. 1-15
The staccato dots in bars 1-3, 9-11 and 13-15, added in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE), are an element of Chopin's comprehensive elaboration of the performance markings of the first section of the Etude. In A there are only four wedges at the beginning of bar 2 and analog. See also the remark concerning bars 5-6.
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category imprint: Differences between sources
issues: Authentic corrections of FE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins