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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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Issues : Errors in 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. 31

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

d3 in A, FED, FEJ & FES

b2 in FE (→GE,EE)
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b2 as the 5th note in FE (→GE,EE) is certainly a mistake of the engraver. The accuracy of the version with d3 written in A is confirmed with entries in all pupils' copies.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Terzverschreibung error , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEJ

b. 31-32

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

Fingering in A

FE

FES

FED

GE & EE
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In the main text we give the fingering of A, as in the editions it was reproduced with mistakes. Chopin corrected two out of them in pupils' copies – he added the omitted '1' digit over the 5th note in bar 31 in FES and he changed the '1' digit to '2' over the 3rd note in bar 32 in FED. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Annotations in FES

b. 32

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

Slur in A, interpretation

No slur in FE (→GE,EE)
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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

b. 40

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

Fingering in A

FE (→GE1→GE2)

EE

GE3 (→GE4→GE5)
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In FE (→GE1→GE2) the '5' digit was erroneously placed one semiquaver earlier. The mistake was corrected in EE and later GE,s.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions