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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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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. 36-44

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

No indications in A

dim. & cresc. in FE (→GE,EE)
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The following indications: dim. in bars 36 and 40 as well as cresc. in bar 44 were added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). In GE the abbreviation dim. was extended to dimin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 39

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

No marking in A (→FE→GE,EE2)

 in EE3 (→EE4)
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EE3 (→EE4) probably added  by analogy with bar 35.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 41

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

No marking in A & GE

 in FE (→EE)
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The direction  was added by Chopin while proofreading FE (→EE). The lack of the indication in GE possibly means that it was among the latest Chopin's corrections of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 49-54

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

No indications in A

, , cresc. in FE (→GE,EE)
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All dynamic indications in bars 49-51 and 53-54 were added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE