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Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

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b. 73-76

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

No marks in FC (→GE)

3 dots in FE

2 dots in EE

4 dots suggested by the editors
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There is no reason to doubt the authenticity of the staccato dots, with which some of the bass notes in FE and EE are provided. As the notation in both sources is probably inaccurate, in the main text we suggest a version combining signs from both sources. Cf. the adjacent note on slurs.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 73

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

in FC (→GE) & EE

No marking in FE
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It seems to be highly unlikely that Chopin resigned from the  indication by deleting it in the base text or proofreading of FE. Therefore, we give it in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 73

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

g-d1-b1-f1 in FC (→GE), FE & EE1

g1-d2-b2-f2 in EE2 (→EE3)
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The version of EE2 (→EE3), in which the 1st triplet of the R.H. is written one octave higher than in the remaining sources is certainly an arbitrary revision. Its aim was certainly to avoid the leap between the 1st and 2nd triplet of the R.H., which can be considered to be pianistically justified, yet not as far as the sound is concerned.

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issues: EE revisions

b. 76

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

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On the 3rd beat of the bar in FC, one can see a correction – the b and b1 notes were added after a and a1 had been erased. According to us, it is Fontana's autocorrection, who, at first, repeated the harmonic scheme of the previous bars.

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issues: Errors of FC

b. 81

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

in FC (→GE) & EE3

No marking in FE & EE1 (→EE2)
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The  indication in FC (→GE) could have been added by Chopin (cf., e.g.,  in the Mazurka in C major, Op. 24 No. 2, bar 53), although it is not the most characteristic typeface of this letter for Chopin's handwriting (cf., e.g.,  added by the composer in the Etude in A minor, No. 11, bar 65). In any case, making the notation more precise after  in bar 73 seems to be indicated here and we include it in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources