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Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

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b. 70

composition: Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

Slur from bar 70 in FC, FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)

Slur from bar 71 in GE1
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The missing slur in the L.H. in bar 70 is undoubtedly a mistake of the engraver of GE1, corrected in GE2 (→GE3), in accordance with FC.

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issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 72-76

composition: Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

2 slurs in FC (→GE)

5 slurs in FE

1 slur in EE
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Lack of visible traces of corrections in the sources impedes to determine how the differences in the slurring of this four-bar section occurred. However, most probably all three ways of slurring are authentic:

  • the slurs of FE correspond to the positions of the hand on the keyboard and they are compatible with the slurring of the pair of chords in the L.H., articulating the shortest expressively important motifs;
  • the slurs of FC and EE determine the musical wholes – two- or four-bar respectively – in a broader time perspective.

In the main text, we give the slurring of the base source, i.e. FE.

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issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 72

composition: Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

 in FC (→GE)

No sign in FE

 in EE
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In the main text, we give the  hairpins after FC (→GE). The slightly differing range of hairpins in EE does not change the sense of this indication. Lack of the sign in FE is one of a few examples of a less careful development of dynamic indications of this source in this fragment – cf. bars 70-72 and 73.

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issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 73

composition: Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

No c1 in chord in FC (→GE) & EE

c1 in chord in FE
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The version without c1 in the last chord is probably a result of misinterpretation of [A]. There is no reason, neither sound nor piano, which would justify the distortion of regularity of the harmonic progression in this place. Moreover, the slurs over the pairs of chords in bars 73-76 also prove a slightly more accurate development of the text of FE in this fragment.

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issues: Uncertain notes on ledger lines

b. 73-76

composition: Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

Slur in bar 86 in FC (→GE1)

4 slurs in FE

No slurs in EE

2 slurs in GE2 (→GE3)
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The four slurs over the pairs of the chords of the L.H., present only in FE, are undoubtedly an improvement of notation. Together with the staccato dots for the bass notes, they precisely define the articulation of the part of the L.H. The articulation in the remaining sources is marked in a draft manner with the help of single signs – a slur in FC (→GE1) and two staccato dots in EE. The slur in bar 74 was added in GE2 (→GE3), most probably after analogy with the slur of FC in bar 76.

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