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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 55-56

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

Accents in A

 & accent in FE

Long accents in EE

 in GE
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It does not seem possible that the accents of A, clearly falling on the 3rd quaver in both bars, took the form they have in FE due to the engraver's inaccuracy. Therefore, we consider the version of FE as an expression of Chopin's latest intention (despite the difference in length we consider both signs as long accents, as it was interpreted in EE). In GE the signs were given the form of short  hairpins, which in this context is generally equal to long accents. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 57-60

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

Dots in A

FE (→GE,EE)
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In A Chopin provided with dots only the bass notes and only in bars 57-58, yet in a proofreading of FE (→GE1) he also added the dots under the chords (except for bar 58, which is certainly an oversight). In GE2 and subsequent and in EE the omitted signs were completed.

Dots in the 2nd half of bar 59 are included in the variants of the last chord in this bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 61-62

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

Long accents in A, contextual interpretation

Short accents in A (literal reading) & FE (→GE,EE)
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It is uncertain which type of accents Chopin had in mind. The signs in A, particularly the second, are clearly shorter than these in the R.H., yet in all analogous figures in bars 7, 15 and 27-28 A displays long accents.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Long accents

b. 62

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

Accent in A

No mark in FE (→GE,EE)
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Lack of the accent in FE (→GE,EE) is most probably a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 69-70

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

Accents in A, literal reading

 in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

No marks in GE3 (→GE4→GE5)

Accents in A, contextual interpretation
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According to us, both the accents of A and the clearly longer  marks in FE (→GE,EE) imply the same – long accents. It is proved by the marks added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE in analogous bars 73-74. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Long accents