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Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

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b. 45

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

in FC (→GE) & EE3

No indication in FE & EE1 (→EE2)
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The indication of the metronome tempo was added by Chopin in FC in pencil, hence in the last phase of preparing the Stichvorlage manuscripts for print. Differently than at the beginning of the Etude, here the composer added the indication only in this copy. In EE3 it was certainly added on the basis of comparison with GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 45

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

in FC (→GE) & EE

in FE
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In the main text we give sostenuto, written in FC by Chopin after deleting two other indications, including probably ben tenuto, which was preserved in FE. Moreover, the indication concerning the R.H. was corrected by Chopin twice – at the beginning he wrote another indication and obliterated it (perhaps delicato) and then he changed leggierissimo (used then in bar 81) to leggiero.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 69-72

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

cresc. - - in FC

No indication in FE

cresc. - - in EE

cresc. - - in GE
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Chopin added the cresc. indication in FC and in the base text to EE. In the main text, we give the range of the indication on the basis of FC. Leading the dashes to  in bar 73, which was done in GE, is inconsistent with the  sign (such juxtapositions are sometimes to be found in Chopin's works, yet only when there are at least two independent lines or sound planes).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of FC

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. 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