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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 51-52

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

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In GE1 (→GE1a) there is no slur in the L.H. at the transition between these bars. In the subsequent GE, a slur was added.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 55-57

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

Wedge in AI

Dots in A

Wedges in FE (→GE1→GE1a→GE2), GE5 & EE3 (→EE4)

No marks in EE2

Wedge in GE3 (→GE4)
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In A it is not entirely clear with which staccato signs – dots or wedges – Chopin provided the A and E quavers in the middle of bars 44 and 57. In FE (→GE,EE) they were reproduced as wedges (in EE2 both signs were overlooked, while in GE3 and GE4 – the one in bar 57), yet, according to us, it is much more likely that Chopin had dots in mind. Cf. bars 58-60 where in similar motifs in A there are undoubtedly dots. In AI the signs are only in bars 57 (and 58) and they are undoubtedly wedges. However, it has to be emphasised that even the relatively accurate indications of AI, as e.g. in bar 43, were then changed by Chopin. See also bar 56. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Errors in GE , Wedges

b. 58-60

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

No prolongations in AI

9 quavers in A

5 quavers in FE (→EE)

5 quavers in GE
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In A, all g-f combinations in the bottom voice in the R.H. (also in bars 56-57) are precisely emphasised by their separation as combined pairs of quavers and accentuating the first note of each pair (g). This subtlety of notation was only partially reproduced in FE (→EE) – it is only the first and fourth quavers in the bar that were separated. As the accents are also respectively reduced, the whole may be considered to have been changed on purpose. However, not being certain thereof, in the main text we give the version of A.

In FE (→EE) last two separated notes have separate stems instead of a quaver beam. The notation of GE is similarly inaccurate, yet it is only f at the beginning of bar 58 that has a stem (overlooked in GE5). See the note to bars 44-57.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions