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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 30-31

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

No fingering in AI & A (→FE→GE)

Fingering in EE
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The detailed fingering of EE comes from Fontana.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 32

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

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The notation of accidentals is inaccurate in some of the sources, which, however, does not create any problems in interpreting Chopin's intention. It concerns mostly AI, yet in A (→FE→EE2→EE3) there is also no  before g2 in the L.H. (in bar 33).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Accidental below/above the note

b. 32-33

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

No fingering in AI & A (→FE→GE)

Fingering in EE
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The fingering of first four pairs of semiquavers was added in EE by Fontana.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 34

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

d2 in AI & A (→FE→EE2→EE3)

d2 in GE & EE4
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The sound of d2 at the beginning of the bar does not raise any doubts both in the autographs and in FE and EE2 (→EE3). Lack of the  lowering d1 to d1 on the 2nd semiquaver in bar 34 in A (→FE1→GE,EE) is an obvious oversight of Chopin (in the manuscripts and first editions of his pieces, we find hundreds of similar inaccuracies). However, the mistake was corrected only in FE2, as the problem of incompliance of d2 at the beginning of the bar and d1 on the 2nd semiquaver was solved by the engraver of GE by deleting the  before d2. The erroneous version with d2 and d1 was introduced – most probably under the influence of GE – also in EE4. One has to underline once again that both autographs – in spite of inaccurate notation – are completely unanimous, as far as the use of the B minor, and not B major, chord is concerned; this version is then confirmed by both a proofreading of FE2 and pupils' copies, bearing numerous signs of working on the Etude with Chopin.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 34-35

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

No signs in AI & FE (→GE)

  in A

Long accents in EE

Our suggestion
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In FE (→GE), omission of the pair of short   hairpins visible in A in bar 34 is most probably a mistake. In EE in both bars long accents (diminuendoes?) modelled after bars 30-31 were arbitrarily added. In the main text we give the signs of A in bar 34, together with a proposal of adding them by analogy in bar 35 (in bars 30-31 Chopin marked both bars). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE