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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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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. 39

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

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In FE (→GE,EE) there is no fingering digit for the bottom note (1).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 39-40

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

Fingering in A

Fingering in FE (→GE,EE)
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In A the fingering in bar 39 is incomplete – the digits are written only next to first three semiquavers and the bottom fourth note. Next to the top note, Chopin started writing '2', yet he did not finish it. It may mean that he resigned from repeating the fingering given in the previous bar or he stopped it and forgot to finish it. The additions introduced in FE (→GE,EE) seem to suggest the second possibility, yet the first also cannot be excluded, as Chopin could have simply changed his decision. In a proofreading of FE, the finger attributed to the bottom note at the beginning of bar 40 was also changed.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 40

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

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In GE3 (→GE4→GE5) the fingering of last two semiquavers was misreproduced – 41 for the penultimate and a single 2 under the last one.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

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