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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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b. 33

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

Fingering in A (→FE→GE)

EE
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In EE the authentic fingering, indicated in A (→FE→GE), was added by Fontana.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 34-35

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

e1 in chords in A

No e1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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The chords in A have an additional e1 note, which was however deleted by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). The chords were also corrected by Chopin in a similar motif four bars later.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 34-35

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

No marking in A & EE2

 in FE (→GE)

EE3 (→EE4)

Our alternative suggestion
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It seems to be highly unlikely that Chopin, at the time of adding  in a proofreading of FE (→GE), wanted to indicate the scope of validity of the forte dynamics from the place it was put by the engraver. According to us, there are two possible explanations:

  • the written with flourish  mark (cf. the Etude in A minor, No. 2, bar 29) reached from the semiquaver to the minim and was supposed to concern the beginning of bar 35; the version with the sign in bar 35 was introduced in EE3 (→EE4);
  • the sign, written more or less in the middle of the chordal motif, was supposed to embrace the entire motif with its range (cf. the Etude in C major, No. 1, bar 45). In the contemporary notation, it corresponds to the sign under the first out of three chords.

In the main text we suggest a solution stemming from the first possibility, as being closer to the source notation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , Centrally placed marks

b. 36-44

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

No indications in A

dim. & cresc. in FE (→GE,EE)
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The following indications: dim. in bars 36 and 40 as well as cresc. in bar 44 were added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). In GE the abbreviation dim. was extended to dimin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 37-40

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

No signs in A

  in FE, similarly in GE1 (→GE1a) & EE

GE3 (→GE4), similarly GE2 & GE5

Our alternative unified suggestion
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Chopin added the   marks while proofreading FE, thus we give them in this form in the main text. We also suggest an alternative version, unified with the previous four-bar section. In GE the first mark was inaccurately reproduced and slightly differently in four out of five editions. In EE both marks were extended with a semiquaver on each of the sides. Out of these versions, we give only the clearly longer mark of GE3 (→GE4) as a variant. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of FE