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Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

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b. 92

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

b-g1 in FC (→GE), FE2 & EE

b in FE1
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The version of FE1 is certainly erroneous. The omitted g1 note was added in FE2. At the same time, mistakes were not prevented – a totally unjustified  was added before the added note, dedicated probably for the bottom note, b – cf. the previous note.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions

b. 92

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

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In FC and FE there is no  raising b to b in the 2nd half of the bar. This patent inaccuracy was corrected in GE and most probably in EE, as the defect was present probably in all Stichvorlage manuscripts. The sharp added in FE2 before the 11th semiquaver was probably an attempt to correct this inaccuracy, a doubly failed attempt – the sign was added three semiquavers too late and at a wrong pitch.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 97

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

No indication in FC (→GE) & EE

in FE

Our variant suggestion
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The poco ritenuto indication was most probably added in the proofreading of FE. A probable reason could have been the layout of the note text, in which bar 97, the first in the new line, was devoid of a clear suggestion of retardation (smorz. is at the end of the previous line). In the graphical layout adopted in mUltimate Chopin, the validity of smorzando until the end of the E major section is beyond any doubt, hence we include poco ritenuto, of a detailing character, yet not introducing any new elements, in brackets. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 100-107

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

No markings in FC (→GE) & EE

Pedalling in FE
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Chopin added the pedalling in bars 100-101 and 105-107 probably in the proofreading of FE (similarly in bars 108-111). This kind of evident additions were performed by the composer in, e.g., the Etude in A minor, No. 5, bars 54 and 58-61.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 105

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

a in chord in FC (→GE) & EE

f in FE
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Same as in analogous bar 8, while proofreading FE, Chopin changed the middle note of the last chord in the L.H. from a to f.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE