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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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Issues : Authentic corrections of 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. 28

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

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There is no staccato dot over the 4th semiquaver in A. It is such an evident oversight that its presence in FE (→GE,EE) may be even a result of the engraver's inaccuracy. However, a conscious action of the engraver or Chopin's proofreading also cannot be excluded.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 32

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

b-c1 in AI, A, FE2, GE, EE

c1-d1 in FE1
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The c1-d1 second at the 5th semiquaver in the bar is almost certainly a mistake of FE1, corrected in FE2. The change to b-c1 was introduced also in GE and EE, perhaps on the basis of analogy with bar 36. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 33

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

c2-e2 in AI, A & GE

b1-c2 in FE (→EE)
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The c2-e2 third in AI and A is the original version, most probably left by inattention – the traces of similar corrections, e.g. on the 5th semiquaver of the previous bar, are visible both in AI and A. Chopin changed it in the last proofreading of FE (→EE), not included in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 33

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

R.H. staccato dots in A

Dots under slur in FE (→GE,EE)
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The slur over the dots in the part of the R.H. and the slur and dots in the L.H. were added, certainly by Chopin, in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). Similarly in bar 37.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE