Issues : EE revisions

b. 1

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

GE1a (→GE2GE3GE4GE5)

EE2 (→EE3)

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In the main text we give the title and dedication in the undoubtedly authentic version adopted in FE. The extensions of both the title (in GE and EE) and the dedication (in EE) most probably come from the editors. See the Etude in C major, No. 1, bar 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Dedications , GE revisions

b. 1-10

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

Fingering in A

FE (→GE)

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In the main text for bars 1-2 and analog. we give the fingering written by Chopin in A (bars 1-2 and 5), as the lack of the 2nd digit in bar 2 in FE (→GE) must be the engraver's oversight. In EE Fontana completed Chopin's indications, adding digits next to each note in bars 1-2 and 9-10. According to us, the use of the 5th finger on the 8th semiquaver in bar 1 by Chopin suggests the 2nd finger for the next one and not the 1st one, as written by Fontana.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 2-14

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

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FE (→GE1GE1a)

GE2 (→GE3GE4GE5) & EE

Our suggestion

Our alternative suggestion

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The pedal markings added in a proofreading of FE in bars 2, 6 and analog. differ in the placement of the pedal release's mark, which in bars 2 and 14 (as well as in 50) is under the 3rd quaver of the bar, while in bar 6 – under the 2nd one. According to us, it cannot be excluded that Chopin had a different vision of pedalling in bars 1-2 and 9-10 (the first bar of the pair without pedal and in the second one, a half-bar long pedal) and a different one in bars 5-6 and 13-14 (all bars with a pedal to the 2nd quavers). We suggest this possibility, in which the  mark in bar 14 must be considered as misplaced, in the main text. As an alternative, we give a homogeneous pedalling in bars 2, 6 and analog., in which  always falls in the middle of the bar (it requires to assume that  in bar 6 was written by mistake).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , No pedal release mark

b. 3-11

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

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FE (→GE1)

GE2 (→GE3GE4GE5)

Our alternative suggestion

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Pedalling in bar 3 and analog., added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE, is inconsistent (bars 3 and 51 have all marks, yet they are differently distributed) and partially incomplete (in bar 11 there is only the  sign at the beginning of the bar). The second  sign in bar 3, misplaced in FE (→EE), is interpreted by us as falling on the 4th quaver in the bar; it was equally recreated in GE. In the main text we give a pedalling addition in bar 11 on the basis of bar 3, a similar action was taken in GE2 (→GE3GE4GE5). As an alternative solution, in both bars we propose a pedalling based on bar 51. 

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. 3-11

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

Fingering in A

FE (→GE)

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In the main text in bar 3 we give the fingering from A without brackets. It was also reproduced in FE (→GE), however, omitting, probably inadvertently, the last digit. This reduced fingering version is also in EE, in which it was additionally repeated in analogous bar 11. Moreover, that edition adds digits in the further part of bar 3. In the main text, apart from the digits drawn from A, we consider a different fingering written by Chopin in bars 3-4 in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Differences in fingering