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Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

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Issues : Long accents

b. 38-39

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

Long accents in A

Short accents in FE (→GE)

Short accent in EE
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The accents in A are undoubtedly long here, which was, however, erroneously reproduced in FE (→GE). In EE the second mark was omitted, certainly by accident.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE

b. 41

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

Long accent in A

No mark in FE (→GE,EE)
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The omission of the mark by the engraver seems to be the most plausible reason for the missing accent in FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 43-48

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

Long accents in A

Short accents in FE (→GE)

Different accents in EE
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We interpret the accents of A in bars 43, 46-48 as long ones. In the editions they were generally reproduced as short, while the mark in bar 48 was totally omitted (the engraver's distraction – see the remark on the rhythmic error).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 45

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

 in A

FE (→GE1,EE)

GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5)

Our suggestion
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Allegedly, the mark of A was supposed to have a similar range as in the significantly less carefully written bars 5 and 13. The notation of A shows signs of underdevelopment and haste in this aspect, e.g., lack of the tie sustaining g (while the tie of e1 is marked only in bar 44, at the end of the line), lack of the dot extending the e1 minim, lack of the  returning g in bar 46. Therefore, in the main text we suggest the indications used by Chopin in bars 5 and 13.

The character of the  hairpins in FE (→GE1,EE) is actually the one of a long accent nature, yet it is uncertain whether their arrangement in the 1st half of the bar was a result of Chopin's intervention or of the engraver's inaccuracy. In subsequent GE,s the mark was arbitrarily extended with an unexpected consistency (which is averaged by us).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 50

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

Long accent in A

Short accent in FE (→GE,EE)
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The accent of A is, according to us, a long accent and it concerns the peak fragment of the semiquaver passage performed by the R.H. In the editions it took a form of a common short accent, concerning the crotchet in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE