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Op. 25 No 5, Etude in E minor

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Issues : GE revisions

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. 123-124

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

Probable interpretation of slur in FC

Slurs in FE (contextual interpretation) & GE2 (→GE3)

Grace-note slur in EE & GE1
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Interpretation of the slurs of the L.H. in FC poses a significant challenge due to the  sign written over the slurs. According to us, it is more likely that the slurs are supposed to create one sign. The slurs of FE and GE2 (→GE3) can be considered an alternative interpretation of the notation of FC. The version of GE1 is certainly erroneous; the one of EE probably too.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in 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