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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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b. 25

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

Long accent in A

 in FE (→GE1,EE)

 in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5)
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It is the longest out of three evident long accents written in A in bars 21, 25 and 27. In FE (→GE1,EE) it was reproduced as three-semiquaver-long  hairpins. In subsequent GE, the sign was extended in order to cover the entire length of the semiquaver beam (such kind of adjustments of slurs and hairpins to regular rhythmic groups was a characteristic manner of German engravers, both Kistner and Breitkopf and Härtel). Cf. bar 27.

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issues: Long accents

b. 27

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

No marks in AI, A (→FE→EE) & GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5)

Staccato dots in GE1 (→GE1a)
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The staccato dots in GE1 (→GE1a) are certainly a mistake, corrected in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5).

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issues: Errors in GE

b. 27

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

Long accent in A (→FE→EE2→EE3)

 in GE1 (→GE1a)

 in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) & EE4
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The long accent in A (→FE→EE2→EE3) was reproduced in GE1 (→GE1a) as  hairpins after bar 25. The homogeneity was maintained in subsequent GE, extending the sign even more, for four semiquavers. This arbitrary version was repeated also in EE4.

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issues: Long accents , EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 27

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

No sign in AI & A

 in FE (→GE,EE)

 as our alternative suggestion
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Looking at bar 29, one could wonder whether the  hairpins added in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE) were not mistakenly reversed, which was frequent in Chopin's works (cf. e.g. the Etude in C minor, No. 12, bar 53). 

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issues: Sign reversal

b. 28

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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There is no staccato dot over the 4th semiquaver in A. It is such an evident oversight that its presence in FE (→GE,EE) may be even a result of the engraver's inaccuracy. However, a conscious action of the engraver or Chopin's proofreading also cannot be excluded.

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issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A