Issues : Abbreviated notation of A

b. 31

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

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In AI the bar is briefly marked as a partial repetition of bar 30 – in the part of the L.H. there is only a •/• mark, while in the part of the R.H., which was initially written in the same way, Chopin added the first third a1-c2 and the entire bottom voice in order to mark the difference.

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issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 35

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

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In AI the part of the R.H. in this bar was initially briefly marked as repetition of bar 34. Chopin then added the bottom voice, as a draft, in order to mark the difference.

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issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 58

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

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In AI the 2nd half of the bar is marked on the top stave as repetition of the first. See also the note on abbreviations in the L.H.

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issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 58-59

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

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In AI the semiquavers of the bottom voice in the R.H. are marked in the 2nd half of bar 58 as repetition of the 1st half. The continuation of this part in the next bar is not marked at all, which is certainly an inaccuracy of notation. However, it is not entirely clear how this continuation was supposed to look like in Chopin's intention, as one can imagine a slightly different addition to the versions of the top voice of the R.H. written out with notes (on the top stave) than the one that was included in the final version, e.g. f-b-f-b in the 2nd half of the bar (a missing notation is not always the same as an obvious continuation – cf. the Etude in F minor, No. 9, bars 49-50). However, we assume that while finishing works on this fragment in AI, Chopin imagined the entire part of the R.H. in the final version.

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issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 59

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

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In AI the notation of the part of the R.H. is unclear in this bar. Chopin certainly performed corrections in it, yet it is unclear, which version is the last one. According to us, it is most natural to assume that Chopin strived for the version which he then eventually deemed as the best, while the remaining ones – written out with notes – are earlier:
 and . Therefore, it is the sign defining this bar as repetition of the previous one that we consider to be written as the last one. See also the note on abbreviations in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A