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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 55-56

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

No indication in A

in FE

in GE & EE
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Chopin added the cresc. indication in a proofreading of FE. Both in GE and in EE the word crescendo was divided into syllables.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 55-60

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

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FE (→GE,EE)
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Chopin added the pedalling in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). The omitted  mark in FE at the end of bar 59 was added in GE and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 55-56

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

Accents in A

 & accent in FE

Long accents in EE

 in GE
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It does not seem possible that the accents of A, clearly falling on the 3rd quaver in both bars, took the form they have in FE due to the engraver's inaccuracy. Therefore, we consider the version of FE as an expression of Chopin's latest intention (despite the difference in length we consider both signs as long accents, as it was interpreted in EE). In GE the signs were given the form of short  hairpins, which in this context is generally equal to long accents. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 56

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

No slur in A

Slur in FE (→GE,EE)
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The slur was added in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 57-60

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

Dots in A

FE (→GE,EE)
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In A Chopin provided with dots only the bass notes and only in bars 57-58, yet in a proofreading of FE (→GE1) he also added the dots under the chords (except for bar 58, which is certainly an oversight). In GE2 and subsequent and in EE the omitted signs were completed.

Dots in the 2nd half of bar 59 are included in the variants of the last chord in this bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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