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Chopin, Frederic : 12 études　Etude No.5 Ges-Dur Op.10-5

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Music ID : 20770
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：etude
Total Playing Time：1 min 40 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
etude
Piano Solo
piano solo
Ges dur

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Author : Imazeki, Shiori

Last Updated: August 7, 2019
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

Composed between 1830 and 1832.

The autograph manuscript is housed in the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw (accession number M/193).

The technique of playing right-hand triplets on the black keys poses a challenge. Chopin himself, in a letter dated April 25, 1839, to the composer Julian Fontana, who resided in Paris, expressed dissatisfaction with Clara Wieck (later Madame Schumann) performance of this work, stating that "to those who do not know it was written for the black keys, it is utterly dull." For Chopin, it might have been meaningful for this work to be performed within the context of this set of Études.

In this work, Chopin allowed the use of the thumb on black keys, which had previously been systematically prohibited, thereby devising an innovative fingering technique. To play consecutive black keys, which are narrower than white keys, it would likely be necessary to play with the fingers, including the thumb, somewhat flattened.

The form is a three-part structure of A (bars 1–16) – B (bars 17–49) – A (bars 50–65), followed by a coda (bars 66–85). Over the resolute chords played by the left hand, the right hand performs light passagework.

Writer: Imazeki, Shiori

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