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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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Issues : Annotations in FED

b. 60

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

g2 in A, GE, EE, FED & FES

b2 in #Wf
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As the 7th note FE has b2 instead of g2, which appears in the remaining sources. It is certainly a mistake, corrected in the remaining sources, as well as in FED and FES. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 63-64

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

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering

Notation suggested by the editors
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In the main text we give the fingering written by Chopin in FED in the form adopted in our edition for this kind of situations.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 63-64

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

poco rall. in A (→FE→GE,EE)

rit. in FED
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In FED at the beginning of bar 63 there are two very difficult to read entries made in pencil. The inscription over the part of the R.H. probably means rit., this interpretation seems to be confirmed with the deletion of poco rall. at the end of bar 64. Big, yet faintly sketched inclined letters could mean , but this reading is highly uncertain. It is also possible that the inscription is just another rit. In this situation, as the version of FED we give only rit.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 65-66

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

No fingering in A (→FE→GE)

Fingering in EE

Fingering written into FED
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The meaning of the entry in bar 66 is unclear, although most probably it concerns simultaneous performance of the e1-g1 third with the 1st finger of the L.H. (the grip was marked by Chopin on a number of occasions, e.g., in the Piano Concerto in E minor, Op. 2, 2nd mov., bar 16 or the Prelude in A major, Op. 28 No. 7, bar 12). Another possibility is the use of 1st fingers of both hands, which was indicated by Fontana in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED

b. 65

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

 in A (→FE→GE,EE)

No marking in FED
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In FED  was removed. It may be related to the previous entries in this copy. See bars 63-64.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED