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Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
FE
Main text
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Fourth German edition
GE5 - Fifth German edition
EE - English edition
EE2 - First English edition
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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Long accent in A (interpretation)

 in FE (→GE,EE)

We interpret the  mark as a long accent due to its position over the note and lack of the preceding it  mark. In the editions it was moved between the thirds of the upper voice, which was certainly performed by the engraver of FE.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Long accents

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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