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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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b. 43-46

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

Dots & slur in AI

18 wedges in A

2 wedges in FE (→GE1)

No marks in EE2

2 dots in EE3 (→EE4)

4 wedges in GE1a (→GE2→GE3→GE4)

2 wedges in GE5

Our variant suggestion
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All wedges given in the main text are in A. In FE (→GE1) only two signs at the beginning of bar 44 were reproduced. In EE2 even those were omitted, which was corrected in EE3 (→EE4), by adding two staccato dots in this place (there was also an arbitrarily added slur for the L.H. in bars 43 and 45). In the subsequent GE, wedges in bar 46 were added, while in GE5 those in bar 44 were omitted. According to us, Chopin could have accepted the lack of wedges over the chords in bars 43 and 45 (not to mention a possibility of their deletion in proofreading, which also cannot be entirely excluded), therefore, in the main text we leave their inclusion at the discretion of the performer. In turn, in the main text we explicitly give the wedges at the beginning of bars 44 and 46, which, as it seems, are to be considered jointly (cf. the signs in bars 42, 48 and 50). The indications of AI, despite being written only in the first pair of bars, indicate essential performance elements of these chord passages. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 43-46

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

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In AI the octave progression in the L.H. in bars 43-44 and 45-46 is briefly written – the top notes and 8_ _ _|.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 43

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

 in AI & A

FE (→GE,EE)
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In the main text we suggest an average interpretation of the range of the  hairpins in AI and A. The minor difference between the autographs is almost certainly insignificant and it results from the graphic nature. It is particularly the slightly earlier beginning of the sign in A that is a result of bypassing the previously written indication con forza. In FE (→GE,EE) the sign – which clearly starts from the beginning of the bar – was radically shortened in order to avoid a clash with this indication – cf. bars 38-40.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 43

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

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The indication con forza begins in A (→FE→GE,EE) almost under the 3rd semiquaver in the bar. However, there is no doubt that it has to be obeyed from the second one.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Centrally placed marks

b. 44

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

b in AI, A & GE

a in FE (→EE)
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The change of the bottom note of the chord from b to a introduced in the last proofreading of FE (→EE) is undoubtedly a Chopin improvement.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE