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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 50-54

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

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FE (→GE1)

Our suggestion

GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) & EE
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The pedal marks in bars 50 and 54 were added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE1). Lack of  in bar 54 seems to be a result of an oversight, therefore, we add it under the 2nd quaver (the main text, after the pedalling of FE in bar 6) or under the 3rd quaver (an alternative suggestion, based on the pedalling of FE in bar 14 and adopted in bar 54 already in EE and subsequent GE,s).

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. 55-60

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

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FE (→GE,EE)
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Chopin added the pedalling in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). The omitted  mark in FE at the end of bar 59 was added in GE and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

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. 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