Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 24

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

Slurs & wedge in A, interpretation

Slurs in FE

Slurs in GE & EE

Our alternative suggestion

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In the main text we give the articulation (slurs, without staccato sign) in the 1st half of the bar on the basis of FE, which was probably proofread by Chopin. The reason why the earlier start of the slur (from the 1st note) introduced in this edition was reproduced neither in GE nor in EE remains a mystery. An alternative suggestion with a shortened slur in the 2nd half of bar 23 refers to analogous slurs of FE in bars 24-25.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 24-27

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

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FE

GE3 (→GE4GE5)

Our suggestion

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The pedalling added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE is inaccurately written, probably due to the lack of space in tightly packed text on the page. It resulted in different attempts of interpretation by the engravers of GE and EE. In the main text we interpret the pedalling of FE as the natural harmonic pedalling, in accordance with the one which was undeniably marked in bars 29-30.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 32

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

Accent in A (→FEGE)

No mark in EE2

Vertical accent in EE3 (→EE4)

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The accent, overlooked in EE2, was added in EE3 (→EE4) as a vertical accent.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , EE inaccuracies

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. 45-47

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

Dot in A

Three dots in FE (→GE1GE2) & GE5

Two dots in EE & GE3 (→GE4)

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The staccato dots at the beginning of bars 45 and 47 were added in a proofreading of FE to the dot written in A over the 2nd quaver in bar 47 (it cannot be excluded that the dot of A was overlooked and Chopin added all three marks at the time of proofreading FE). In EE the sign at the beginning of bar 47 was omitted, perhaps as a result of an oversight or revision. In turn, lack of the dot in this place in GE3 (→GE4) must be an error, corrected in GE5.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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