mUltimate Chopin

Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 28-32

composition: Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

GE3 (→GE4→GE5)

Our suggestion
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Chopin added the pedalling in a proofreading of FE. The  mark, overlooked in bar 28, was added in GE3 (→GE4→GE5), yet too early, as it seems; the reviser probably did not notice that despite a different notation, the bass note remains unchanged during the entire bar. The addition we perform includes the authentic pedalling from the previous bar. See also bars 32-36. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , No pedal release mark

b. 29-30

composition: Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

Wedge in A

Three dots in FE

Two dots in GE1 & EE2 (→EE3)

One dot in GE2 (→GE3)

No marks in GE4 (→GE5)

Four dots in EE4
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The sources display a great variety of staccato marks over the first two quavers in these bars. In the main text we give the elements of indisputable authenticity – the wedge of A in bar 29 and the dots added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE in bar 30. According to us, the indications of FE and EE4 may also be included in the versions which are potentially compatible with Chopin's intention.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE , Wedges

b. 31-32

composition: Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

in A

in FE (→EE)

in GE
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The dashes limiting the range of cresc. were added in a proofreading of FE (→EE). In GE the word crescendo was divided into syllables. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 32

composition: Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

d1 in A

e1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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In the chord on the 2nd beat in the bar Chopin changed d1 to e1 in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 33-36

composition: Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

No signs in A

  in FE (→GE,EE)

Our unified suggestion
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The dynamic hairpins were added by Chopin during a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE), thus we give them in this form in the main text. Taking into account possible inaccuracies of the signs' range due to the division into great staves, as an alternative we suggest the version in which the signs in this and the next four-bar section were unified.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE