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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 71

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

dim. in A (→FE→GE)

dim. in EE2

sempre legato in EE3 (→EE4)
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The arrangement of the dim. indication in EE2 in bar 72 is certainly a mistake. In the subsequent EE, the erroneous indication was removed, yet in bar 71, instead of dim., sempre legato was arbitrarily added after bar 18.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 73-74

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

A & c1 in AI

c & c1 in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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Lack of the  before the 6th semiquaver of the bottom voice in AI means that in both bars it is to be a c1. Knowing the final version, one can doubt whether Chopin simply forgot about the  before this note. The use of A as the 5th semiquaver in the L.H. is, however, a strong argument for the authenticity of the literally interpreted version of AI.

In A (→FE→EE2→EE3), there is no  before the last note in the R.H., which is a patent inaccuracy of the notation. In GE1 (→GE1a), the sign was completed in bar 74, while in the remaining editions – in both bars. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 74

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

a in AI, A, EE & GE1a (→GE2→GE3→GE4→GE5)

b in FE (→GE1)
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The version of FE (→GE1) is most probably erroneous, which is confirmed by a handwritten correction in FES. The mistake was corrected also in EE and in the subsequent GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Annotations in FES

b. 75-76

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

No fingering in A (→FE→GE)

Fingering in EE
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The fingering of EE was added by Fontana.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions