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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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b. 3-11

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

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FE (→GE1)

GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5)

EE

Our alternative suggestion
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Pedalling in bar 3 and analog., added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE, is inconsistent (bars 3 and 51 have all marks, yet they are differently distributed) and partially incomplete (in bar 11 there is only the  sign at the beginning of the bar). The second  sign in bar 3, misplaced in FE (→EE), is interpreted by us as falling on the 4th quaver in the bar; it was equally recreated in GE. In the main text we give a pedalling addition in bar 11 on the basis of bar 3, a similar action was taken in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5). As an alternative solution, in both bars we propose a pedalling based on bar 51. 

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

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

b. 3-11

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

Fingering in A

FE (→GE)

EE

FED
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In the main text in bar 3 we give the fingering from A without brackets. It was also reproduced in FE (→GE), however, omitting, probably inadvertently, the last digit. This reduced fingering version is also in EE, in which it was additionally repeated in analogous bar 11. Moreover, that edition adds digits in the further part of bar 3. In the main text, apart from the digits drawn from A, we consider a different fingering written by Chopin in bars 3-4 in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Differences in fingering

b. 4-12

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

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In A d in bars 4 and 12 is a dotted minim. The mistake, corrected in FE (→GE,EE), probably stems from the original notation of the Etude in two-time longer rhythmic values. What is interesting is the fact that in bar 52 Chopin noticed and corrected this mistake while still writing A.

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

issues: Rhythmic errors , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 4

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

d3 in A (→FE→GE,EE)

e3 in FED
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A (→FE→GE,EE) has d3 as the 3rd note of the 3rd triplet, changed by Chopin to e3 in FED. Taking into account the analogous corrections made in A in bars 12 and 52, we consider this change as definitive.

 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 4-12

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

Long accents in A

Long accent in FE (→EE2)

Short accent & dots in GE

Two accents in EE3 (→EE4)
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We consider the marks written in A under the chords in bars 4 and 12 as long accents. Only first of them was reproduced in FE (→EE2). In GE the sign in bar 4 became a common short accent and in bar 12 both chords were provided with staccato dots. In EE3 (→EE4) a short accent was added in bar 12. According to us, only the version of A is authentic.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions