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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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Issues : EE revisions

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. 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. 40

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

Fingering in A

FE (→GE1→GE2)

EE

GE3 (→GE4→GE5)
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In FE (→GE1→GE2) the '5' digit was erroneously placed one semiquaver earlier. The mistake was corrected in EE and later GE,s.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 41-43

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

No marks in A

Dot in FE

Dots in GE1 (→GE2), EE & GE4 (→GE5)

Dot in GE3
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The staccato dot at the beginning of bar 41 was added by Chopin – together with the dots at the beginning of bars 45 and 47 – in a proofreading of FE. In this situation, we consider the lack of the relevant sign in bar 43 as an oversight. The dot was also added both in GE and EE. Lack of the dot in GE3 in bar 41 is a patent error.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 43-44

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

Fingering in A (→FE)

GE

EE

Our variant suggestion
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The fingering of A (→FE) in bar 44 was completed by Fontana in EE. Omission of the digit over the 4th note in bar 43 in GE is most probably a result of an oversight. The figuration in this bar requires a position of the hand whose fingering was changed by Chopin in bar 41. According to us, from the pianistic point of view, the extension of this correction's range is justified, therefore, in the main text we suggest two variants of the fingering.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE