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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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b. 31

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

c2 & c1 in AI & A (→FE→GE,EE)

c2 & c1 in FED
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There are no reasons to question Chopin provenience of the naturals added in FED. At the same time, however, one cannot consider this change to express Chopin's final intention, as in the remaining preserved pupils' copies, the composer did not mark it.

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

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 32-33

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

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In FES and FEJ there are visible deletions including bars 32-33. It is undoubtedly Chopin proposal of shortening and facilitating the Etude by eliminating the most difficult, virtuoso fragments. In FES there is also a B quaver at the beginning of bar 34, allowing for a smooth combination of bars 31 and 34. The note is absent in FEJ, although slightly later there is a difficult to decipher entry, perhaps related to the discussed abbreviation. The next, longer abbreviation – see bars 36-40. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEJ

b. 36-40

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

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Same as in bars 32-33, in FES and FEJ there are visible deletions including bars 36-37. In this case, however, it is also the continuation that was deleted, until the end of bar 53 – see the note to bars 41-54. The abbreviation – certainly performed by Chopin – was probably supposed to enable less pianistically proficient pupils an amateur performance of the Etude. The fingering written in FES in bar 39, hence in the deleted bar, was probably written at another occasion (e.g. rewritten from another copy including Chopin indications.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEJ

b. 39

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

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering 
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In the main text we give the fingering coming probably from Chopin, introduced in FES. See bar 41. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 41

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

C in AI & A (→FE→EE2→EE3)

C in GE & EE4

C in FED
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The natural lowering C to C was written in FED in pencil probably by Chopin. It does not look like a correction of a previous error, therefore, one can consider this version as an authentic variant. In the main text we add a cautionary  before C; the addition was already introduced in GE and EE4. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED