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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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b. 71

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

dim. in A (→FE→GE)

dim. in EE2

sempre legato in EE3 (→EE4)
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The arrangement of the dim. indication in EE2 in bar 72 is certainly a mistake. In the subsequent EE, the erroneous indication was removed, yet in bar 71, instead of dim., sempre legato was arbitrarily added after bar 18.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 73

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

No marking in AI

in A (→FE→GE,EE)
..

Lack of  may be considered as a patent inaccuracy of AI, as in the next bar there is dim. in this manuscript, which is not in the final version. It may mean that at the stage of writing AI, Chopin had a slightly different dynamic concept of the ending, in which the final attenuation begins clearly later.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 74-75

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

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We put the dim. indication, present only in AI, at the transition between bars 74-75. According to us, one cannot exclude that Chopin had in mind the transition of bars 73-74. The indication – in spite of its arrangement – does not seem to be necessary at all in the final version, after the previous dim. and  (in AI none of these indications are present).

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b. 77

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

in A

No indication in AI & FE (→GE,EE)
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In FE (→GE,EE), lack of the indication ordering joint performance of this and the next Etude reflects, according to us, the latest Chopin's concept in this respect. The composer might have not wanted to limit the freedom of performing particular etudes as single pieces or in any groups reflecting the needs and possibilities of pianists. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE