mUltimate Chopin

Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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Issues : Abbreviated notation of A

b. 60-61

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

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In the 2nd half of bar 60 and in the 1st half in bar 61, the top voice in the R.H. is written in AI as repetition of the figure from the 1st half of bar 60.

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issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 62-72

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

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In AI the bars are marked as repetition of the respective fragment from the beginning of the Etude. The indication included between bars 61 and 73 – Da capo al segno Mechetti pedal sign  e poi – interpreted literally, requires repetition of almost the entire 1st part of the piece, including bars 1-19. It means that Chopin either decided to shorten the repetition of the theme only while writing A or did not take enough care of a precise indication of the range of repetition, obvious to him, in the draft AI, written hastily. In mUltimate Chopin we adopt – partly due to practical reasons – the second assumption. Taking into account the fact that bars 9-13 are written more precisely in AI than bars 1-5, we assume that the repetition includes the concise section in bars 9-19 (certainly without g1 at the beginning).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 73-74

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

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In AI, bar 74 is not written out – bar 73 is provided with a 'bis' indication, meaning its double performance followed by bar 75. It slightly complicates the task to determine Chopin's intention concerning, e.g., arrangement of the dim. indication.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A