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Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FC

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

b. 138

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

in FC (→GE) & FE

in EE
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The corrections visible in FC in this and the previous bar – shift of  from bar 137 to bar 138 and addition of con forza – prove a possible addition of indications in all three Stichvorlage manuscripts by Chopin.  in EE can be authentic, although a possibility of a kind of mistake cannot be entirely excluded. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC