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Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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. 114-121

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

Short accents in FC (→GE), FE & EE

Long accents suggested by the editors
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In the main text, we suggest long accents, due to a possibility of an inaccurate interpretation of [A].

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents

b. 122

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

No marks in FC (→GE1→GE2) & FE

Staccato dot in EE

Accent in GE3
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The staccato dot in EE may be authentic, whereas the accent in GE3 is not.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 122-123

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

Accents in FC

Accents for R.H. in FE & EE

L.H. accents in GE1

L.H. accents in GE2

Accents in both hands in GE3
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Looking at 5 accents over the chords of the L.H. in FC, it is not easy to determine which hand they concern. The accents are written with the copyist's hand, hence one can assume that it looked similar in the remaining Stichvorlage manuscripts. As a result, in FE and EE the accents were assigned to the R.H., whereas in GE1 (→GE2) – to the left one. According to us, the signs concern both the right and left hands, which, in a non-authentic, yet equal manner, was marked in GE3.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 130-133

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

Long accents in FC

R.H. long accent in FE

R.H. long accents in EE & GE1

Short accents in both hands in GE2 (→GE3)
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The long accent in bar 130 must have been included in [A], whereas the remaining were added by Chopin in FC and probably in the base text to EE. The added signs have a form of long accents and this is how they were recreated in EE and GE1. In later GE, they were changed to common, short accents. The signs in FC are placed more or less between the staves and they probably concern both hands. In FE, EE and GE1 they were placed under the R.H., whereas in GE2 (→GE3), another set of accents for the L.H. was added.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC