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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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b. 57

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

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We add a cautionary  before d. The accidental was already added in GE4 (→GE5).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 59

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

Triad in A

Complemented version of A

Four-note chord in FE (→GE,EE)

Our alternative suggestion
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Deciphering Chopin's intention regarding the 4th quaver in this bar encounters serious difficulties. In the main text we give the undoubtedly authentic version of A (the d1-g1-b1 chord). The b-d1-g1-b1four-note chord in FE (→GE,EE) may be a result of both Chopin's proofreading and the engraver's error (he could have erroneously inserted the chord from both adjacent, graphically similar, bars). However, the most plausible explanation of the discussed divergence is, according to us, the following: while proofreading this place in FE, Chopin wanted to replace b1 with b in the printed version of A, whereby the engraver performed only the easier part of the task (the then printing technique made adding a note much easier than deleting it). Similar "half-way" corrections are to be found in Chopin's works on several occasions, e.g., in the Etude in E major, No. 11, bar 4, the Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20, bars 135 and 292, the Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1, bar 93, the Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, bar 171. It leads to an alternative suggestion with the b-d1-g1 chord, as in analogous bar 57.

Both versions suggested by the editors include staccato dots added during the proofreading of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

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. 62

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

No a1 in A

a1 in chord in FE (→GE,EE)
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Chopin added a1 to the chord at the time of proofreading FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 72

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

e3 in A

g3 in FE (→GE,EE)
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e3 as the highest note in this bar is probably Chopin's mistake in A, relatively common in the autographs of his works (cf. very similar situation in bar 24). In any case, while proofreading FE (→GE,EE), Chopin changed it to g3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE