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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 65

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

No sign in FE (→GE,EE)

in A
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In the editions the dynamic sign was most probably overlooked.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 65-66

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

No slur in AI & FE (→GE,EE)

Slur in A
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The missing slur is almost certainly one of numerous inaccuracies of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 66

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

No slurs in AI & FE1 (→GE1,EE2)

Two slurs in A, FE2 & EE3 (→EE4)

One slur in GE1a (→GE2→GE3→GE4→GE5)
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In the main text we give two slurs written in A and added then in a proofreading of FE2, as they were overlooked in FE1 (→GE1,EE2); see the adjacent note. The striking absence was corrected both in the subsequent GE, by adding one slur by analogy with bar 5, and in EE3 (→EE4), in which two slurs were added.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 68

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

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In FE1 (→GE1), the bottom notes of the 3rd and 4th chords in the R.H. were replaced by mistake – e1 is on the 3rd semiquaver, while d1 on the fourth. The mistake – rather obvious compared with analogous bar 16 – was corrected in the subsequent GE and EE. In turn, in FE2 the correction was performed inaccurately, leaving the erroneous d1 in the 4th chord. It is worth mentioning that from the harmonic point of view, it is only the error on the 4th semiquaver that is striking; the version with e1 as the bottom note of both discussed chords would be perfectly possible.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 71-76

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

Semiquavers in AI & FE (→GE,EE)

Additional crotchets in A

Our suggestion
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In the main text, we include the extensions of the bass notes written in A in bars 71 and 73-76. We also add a relevant crotchet in bar 72, probably overlooked by Chopin – cf. analogous bar 19.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE