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Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

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Issues : Centrally placed marks

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. 83

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

in A

​​​​​​​in FE (→GE,EE)
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​​​​​​​ at the beginning of the octave run certainly corresponds to a performance intended by Chopin. The notation of A is an instance of Chopin's using a convention of placing indications inside, and not at the beginning of the range in which they apply.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Centrally placed marks