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FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - First French edition
FEFo - Forest copy
FEH - Hartmann copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2a - Altered impression of GE2
GE3 - Second German edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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Short accent in FE (→GE,EE)

Long accent suggested by the editors

The autographs of the Etudes, op. 10, published through the same procedure as the Concerto, provide invaluable data both on the way Chopin noted his works in that period and on the way Chopin's notation was understood by the engravers. We base our suggestions concerning the use of long accents on, e.g. the analysis of that material. An example of reproducing long accents as shorts: the Etude in E minor, op. 10, no. 6, bars 6-7, the Etude in C minor, op. 10, no. 12, bar 69. A long, locally topmost note is a typical place for a long accent, hence – taking into account a possibility of an inaccurate reproduction of the mark by the engraver of FE – in the main text we suggest a long accent. 

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category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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