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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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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. 32-33

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

Slur in A

No slur in FE (→GE,EE)
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The slur of A was probably overlooked by the engraver of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 32

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

 in A

No marking in FE (→GE,EE)

Our variant suggestion
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It is hard to determine what influenced the lack of  in FE (→GE,EE). The engraver of FE omitted or distorted a few such hints in the entire Op. 10. Therefore, we suggest a variant suggestion, giving the indication in brackets.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 32-36

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

Pedalling in A (→FE→GE1,EE)

GE2

GE3 (→GE4→GE5)
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The four-bar pedal in bars 33-36 was already written in A (→FE→EE). The  mark, which in FE (→GE1) obviously concerns the beginning of bar 33, placed before the A1-A minim in spite of lack of space, was entirely moved to bar 32 in GE2 and further ones, which suggests an erroneous performance. In addition, in GE3 (→GE4→GE5) the  mark in bar 36 was omitted.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 32

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

Slur in A, interpretation

No slur in FE (→GE,EE)
..

In the main text we give the slur of A, probably overlooked in FE (→GE,EE). We interpret the beginning of the slur in accordance with the sense of music.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A