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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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Issues : Errors in EE

b. 29

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

in A (→FE→GE) & EE3 (→EE4)

No indication in EE2
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The cresc. indication was overlooked in EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

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. 56

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

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In EE2 the  raising d1 to d1 was omitted.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 72-73

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

No tie to d2 in A & EE2

d2 tied in FE (→GE) & EE3 (→EE4)
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Lack of the tie sustaining d2 in A is most probably Chopin's oversight. The tie was added in a proofreading of FE (inaccurately – the tie in bar 72 at the end of the line was omitted), it is also included in GE. The hold of this note is also indicated by the fingering added by Chopin in FED. In EE2 the tie was overlooked, which was corrected in EE3 (→EE4). 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 72

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

Accent in A (→FE,GE) & EE3 (→EE4)

No mark in EE2
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The accent, omitted in EE2, was added in EE3 (→EE4).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE