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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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Issues : Annotations in FED

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. 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

b. 47

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

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 61

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

No marking in AI & A (→FE→GE,EE)

written into FED

Our variant suggestion
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The indication  was added by Chopin in FED, in which there are no dynamic indications both in this () and in the next bar (). Therefore, it is possible that the addition was meant to change the dynamic concept of the return of the main theme of the Etude, written in A and given in the main text. However, it is not the only possibility – the indication may also be considered as clarification of the local dynamic level of the 2nd half of bar 61, not determining the way of performance of bar 62 and subsequent ones. Due to this fact, we suggest a possibility of including  independently from the remaining indications.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED