mUltimate Chopin

Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Select: 
Category
All
Graphic ambiguousness
Interpretations within context
Differences between sources
Editorial revisions
Corrections & alterations
Source & stylistic information
Notation
All
Pitch
Rhythm
Slurs
Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
Verbal indications
Pedalling
Fingering
Ornaments
Shorthand & other
Importance
All
Important
Main
Undo Clear

b. 68

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

..

In FE1 (→GE1), the bottom notes of the 3rd and 4th chords in the R.H. were replaced by mistake – e1 is on the 3rd semiquaver, while d1 on the fourth. The mistake – rather obvious compared with analogous bar 16 – was corrected in the subsequent GE and EE. In turn, in FE2 the correction was performed inaccurately, leaving the erroneous d1 in the 4th chord. It is worth mentioning that from the harmonic point of view, it is only the error on the 4th semiquaver that is striking; the version with e1 as the bottom note of both discussed chords would be perfectly possible.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 68

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

No slurs in AI & A (→FE→EE2,GE1→GE1a)

Slurs in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) & EE3 (→EE4)
..

We add slurs in the 1st half of the bar by analogy with consistent slurs of similar motifs in bars 63, 64, 66 and 67. The addition was already performed in GE2 (→GE3→GE4→GE5) and EE3 (→EE4). See also bar 67.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 68

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

Triad in AI

Sixth in A (→FE→GE,EE)
..

The version of AI (written for bar 15) is earlier. In the main text we give the final editing of the remaining editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 68

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

No indication in AI & A

in FE (→GE,EE)
..

The cresc. indication was added in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE), most probably by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 69

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

..

The editions overlook the 'e' conjunction between stretto and cresc. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE