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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 33

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

No indication in A

in FE (→GE,EE)
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Chopin added the indication in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). The incentive could have been the overlooked beginning of the slur (see the adjacent remark); however, the mark can also be considered as a more general hint, independent from the slurring.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 34-35

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

e1 in chords in A

No e1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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The chords in A have an additional e1 note, which was however deleted by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). The chords were also corrected by Chopin in a similar motif four bars later.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

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. 37-40

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

No signs in A

  in FE, similarly in GE1 (→GE1a) & EE

GE3 (→GE4), similarly GE2 & GE5

Our alternative unified suggestion
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Chopin added the   marks while proofreading FE, thus we give them in this form in the main text. We also suggest an alternative version, unified with the previous four-bar section. In GE the first mark was inaccurately reproduced and slightly differently in four out of five editions. In EE both marks were extended with a semiquaver on each of the sides. Out of these versions, we give only the clearly longer mark of GE3 (→GE4) as a variant. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 38-39

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

e1 in chords in A

c1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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The version of A with e1 is obviously earlier, therefore, in the main text we give the corrected by Chopin text of FE (→GE,EE). Cf. bars 34-35.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE