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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 20-21

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

No pedalling in AI & FE (→GE,EE)

 in A

Our suggestion
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Lack of the  mark in FE (→GE,EE) is most probably a result of the engraver's oversight. In the main text we indicate also the conventional moment of pedal release.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 21

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

No indication in AI & A

poco più animato in FE (→GE,EE)

Our suggestion
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There is no doubt that the more vivid tempo is valid from the new phrase. The fact of placing the added in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE) indication already at the beginning of bar 21 most probably stems from the fact that the bar is the last one on the page in FE and the inscription started in the middle of the bar, hence in the place, where the indication is to be applied, simply would not fit.

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

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 29

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

 in A

 in FE (→GE,EE)
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The action of shortening the  hairpins in FE (→GE,EE) is certainly an arbitrary decision of the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 30-31

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

Accents in A, contextual interpretation

Accents (diminuendos?) in FE

Long accents in GE1 (→GE1a→GE2)

Diminuendos (accents?) in EE

Short accents in GE3 (→GE4)

L.H. accents in GE5
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In the main text we give the undoubtedly only authentic version of the accents on the d1-f1 and d1-f1 thirds in bars 30 and 31 respectively. The remaining versions are almost certainly a result of revisions or misinterpretation of the base texts by the engravers. Lack of signs in bar 31 in GE may prove that they were added in the last proofreading of FE. The last accent in A is clearly shorter, which, according to us, is an inaccuracy of Chopin's notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 38-40

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

Dots & wedges in A

Three dots in FE

Six dots in GE

Two dots in EE3 (→EE4)

Our suggestion
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The sources show numerous differences, as far as the indications of articulation of the first semiquavers in these bars are concerned, while the signs in particular sources are so inconsistent that it is hard to determine Chopin's intention in this issue. As it does not seem that Chopin intervened in the text of the editions in this respect, we consider A as the only authoritative source. In the main text we give the notation of A in the completed version, as Chopin additions of articulation in the L.H. in bar 37 and the dot at the beginning of bar 39 indicate the will to explicitly indicate the staccato articulation of the semiquavers in the L.H. in this section. Therefore, it seems to be rational to add dots at the beginning of bars 38 and 40.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE , GE revisions , Wedges