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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 5

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

No marks in AI

Short accent in GE & EE, probable reading of A

Dot & accent in FE

Possible interpretation of A
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In the sources, the indications concerning the e1 crotchet are unclear. The fact of shifting the accent in A to the right may be considered as an irrelevant inaccuracy of notation or a suggestion of the sign's length. The version of FE seems to be even more puzzling, especially given the fact that it was most probably corrected – over the stave, to the right of the note there are visible possible traces of deletion of the accent. It is also unclear why the staccato dot was not included neither in GE nor in EE.
In the main text we give a short accent over the note, which combines the most definite elements of the notation of the sources. Alternatively, due to the melodic context, we suggest a long accent here.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 6-7

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

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In FE, in the part of the R.H. there are visible traces of correcting up to six erroneous notes in this bar. The engraver's errors resulted here from the routine approach, assuming the presence of the simplest figuration schemes – .

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 8

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

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The indications ten. and ritenuto were added by Chopin in a different time – the first already in A, while the second only in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 8

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

No fingering in AI, A & EE

Fingering in FE (→GE)
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In the main text, we give the fingering of the L.H. added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE). According to us, the fingering was meant to dissipate any possible doubts concerning the division between the hands – in this particular place moving the bottom voice of the R.H. to the bottom stave may suggest its performance by the L.H. The fingering is absent in EE, which may be an oversight of the engraver or a revision of Fontana, who focused on the R.H. (in bars 1-14 he provided fingering to almost every note in the R.H.).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 8-9

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

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The long accent over the d1-b1 sixth in bar 8 and the  hairpins in bar 9 were added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). The composer replaced with them the previous  sign in bar 8, written in A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections of FE