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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
EE2
Main text
AI - Working autograph
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Fourth German edition
GE5 - Fifth German edition
EE - English edition
EE2 - First English edition
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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  b. 2-5

No slurs in AI

Short slurs in A

Longer slurs in FE (→GE,EE)

While proofreading FE (→GE,EE), Chopin introduced consistent half-bar-long slurs over the semiquaver motifs in bars 2, 3 and 5. They replaced the inaccurate and rather random slurring of the autographs.

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See b. 2-5

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Slurs

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