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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 44-45

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

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In A (→FE→GE1,EE2) Chopin omitted the last of the slurs embracing the next pairs of semiquavers. It is almost certainly an oversight, therefore, in the main text we suggest to add the slur. The subsequent GE and EE have all slurs here. AI, in which all pairs of semiquavers are ascribed to the R.H., has one slur over the entire passage.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 45

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

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Both autographs lack some of the necessary naturals in this bar, although these which are included allow for a clear interpretation of the text:

  • in AI there is no sign before c2 in the 3rd chord in the R.H., while the  before c is unnecessarily repeated on the 6th semiquaver in the bar (due to the brief notation of the octave, the sign concerns also the bottom C); 
  • in A there is no  before the bottom C at the 2nd semiquaver, while the only sign in the part of the R.H. is a  before c2 in the last chord.

The necessary signs were added in FE (→GE,EE), while in GE4 (→GE5), the unnecessary  at the end of the bar was removed.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 46-47

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

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The notation of accidentals is not accurate in the autographs, particularly in AI. Typical for Chopin omissions of signs written simultaneously or slightly earlier next to proper notes in another octave, as well as oversights of cancellations of previous alterations, do not, however, lead to any misunderstandings, as far as the interpretation of the intended text is concerned. In all sources there are also signs of cautionary or reminding nature. In the main text we include these which Chopin wrote in A.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 48-53

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

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In order to facilitate the interpretation of the chromatic progressions, we add a number of cautionary and reminding signs. Only a part of them are included in the sources, there are also situations where the sources have other signs of this type, according to us, unnecessary.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 48-52

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

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In the autographs there are no sharps returning f1 and f3 at the 6th semiquaver in bar 49. From the harmonic point of view, f1 and f3 could be possible here, yet taking into account the regularity of the figuration's structure, one can assume this omission as a clear oversight. The signs were added – probably by Chopin – in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE; in GE1 and GE1a there is no  in the L.H.).

In bars 48-52, AI still lacks several accidentals, yet due to the octave doublings between the parts of both hands, it does not lead to any text doubts.
In GE1, before the top note of the 5th semiquaver in the R.H. in bar 49 there is an erroneous  instead of . The error was also in the proofreading copies of FE1, yet it was corrected in the last proofreading.
In FE1 (→GE1,EE2→EE3) there is no  lowering f3 to f3 in the 5th semiquaver in bar 51. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE