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Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 60-61

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

Slur in AI

Slur & dot in A

Slur in FE (→GE,EE)
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The extension of the slur in FE (→GE,EE) is almost certainly a result of Chopin's proofreading, hence we adopt this version to the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 66

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

Accent in AI

No marks in A (→FE1→GE1,#EE2)

  in FE2

  & accent in GE1a (→GE2→GE3→GE4→GE5) & EE3 (→EE4)
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The accent in AI, in which the bar is marked as repetition of bars 5 or 13, presents the original version of the indications of the motifs in bars 2, 3, 5 and analog. In the main text, we give the pair of   hairpins, added with the slurs in a proofreading of FE2. The signs correspond to the final concept of the indications of these motifs, introduced in a proofreading of FE1 in six places of the first part of the Etude. In GE1a (→GE2→GE3→GE4→GE5) and EE3 (→EE4), the indications were completed also in this bar, by analogy with bar 13; at the same time, the accent on the e1 crotchet was included.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of 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. 67

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

Semiquavers in AI & FE (→GE,EE2)

Crotchet in A

Semiquavers with slur in EE3 (→EE4)
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The version of A seems to be only a temporary deviation from the original concept, as at the time of proofreading FE (→GE,EE), Chopin returned the semiquaver figure, used before in AI (as repetition of the motif from bar 14). We add a slur over the semiquavers, by analogy with the slur added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE) in bar 14, as well as with the slurs in analogous bars 15 (proofreading of FE) and 68 (A). This addition was already introduced in EE3 (→EE4).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations , 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