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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

b. 41-42

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

Fingering written in FES, interpretation

No teaching fingering
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The majority of the digits of the fingering added in FES is not written with Chopin's hand, which, however, does not question the authenticity of these indications, yet it increases a possibility of potential errors (e.g. on the 4th semiquaver of the bar, the top '4' is definitely erroneous, most probably it was supposed to be a '1'). The fingering could have been dictated by the composer, yet taking into account the fact that this entire virtuoso fragment is deleted in FES, it seems to be more likely that it was rewritten from another pupils' copy.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 41-54

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

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The deletions in bars 41-53, visible in FES and FEJ, are continuation of an abbreviation (which started in bar 36), facilitating an amateur performance of the Etude. In both copies, it was also the beginning of bar 54 that was modified, yet an accurate interpretation of Chopin's intention is not that easy there. The suggested interpretations do not exhaust all possibilities of interpretation of these entries.

The fingering written in FES – see the note to bars 41-42.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 42

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

No fingering in AI & A (→FE→GE)

Fingering in EE

Fingering written into FES
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The fingering in EE is an addition by Fontana. In the main text we include the digit written at the end of the bar in FES, indicating the same, natural fingering – see bars 41-42.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FES

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