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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 5-13

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 bars 5 and 13 in a proofreading of FE. At the same time, the  mark in bar 13 was omitted, which is certainly a mistake (of Chopin or the engraver). The missed sign was added in GE, after bar 5, and in EE, in which, however, the  mark was placed in the middle of the bar. In the main text we add the sign after the most probably authentic pedalling in bar 5.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , No pedal release mark

b. 7

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

Long accent in A (→FE)

Short accent in GE

No mark in EE2

Accent & dots in EE3 (→EE4)
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EE2 does not have the accent added in EE3 (→EE4) together with staccato dots under the quavers (probably by analogy with bar 15). In GE a short accent was applied and moved over the crotchet. In the main text we preserve the notation of A (→FE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Placement of markings , Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 9

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

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We add a cautionary  before d1; it was already performed in GE and EE4. We remove the unjustified  before c1 in the 2nd chord; the change was already introduced in GE and EE4.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 12

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

e3, more likely reading of A (→FE→GE1,EE2→EE3)

d3 in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) i EE4
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In A the head of the note embraces the area of two notes, d3 and e3, which stems from the simplified probably hasty correction. In spite of this, in FE (→GE1,EE2→EE3) it was correctly interpreted as e3. However, the reviser of GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) changed it to d3, which was accepted as legitimate also in EE4. 

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

issues: EE revisions , Corrections in A , GE revisions

b. 15

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

Long accent in A

Dots & long accent in FE (→EE)

Dots & short accent in GE1 (→GE1a) & GE5

Dots & short accent in GE2 (→GE3→GE4)
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The staccato dots under the quavers were added by Chopin while proofreading FE (→GE,EE). In GE a short accent was applied, moreover, in GE1 (→GE1a) and again in GE5 the mark was moved over the crotchet.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , Placement of markings , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE