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Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

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b. 66-68

composition: Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

No signs in GC (→GE) & EE

Arpeggio signs in FE
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The arpeggio signs, present only in FE, are most probably a result of Chopin proofreading of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 66-68

composition: Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

Slurs in GC, FE & GE2 (→GE3)

Slur in EE1 (→EE2)

Slurs in GE1 & EE3
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The extended slurs of GE1 are a result of misunderstanding of the base text (GC). The absence of the first slur in EE1 (→EE2) is most probably an oversight of the copyist or engraver. The slurs in EE3 suggest the influence of the first GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 69

composition: Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

Fingering written in FED, contextual interpretation

Fingering written in FED, different interpretation

No teaching fingering

Our suggestion
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Authenticity of the fingering written in FED, in spite of the fact that only a few first numerals reveal Chopin's handwriting, does not raise any doubts. However, the problem is constituted by the interpretation of its initial fragment – the e2 note seems to be provided with two different numerals, '1' over and '2' under. According to us, the upper numeral does not refer to this note, yet it is a part of the '31' fingering for the trill (3rd finger on g2, 1st on f2), which is detailed by the added bottom numerals, probably later. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 69-70

composition: Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

 in GC, less likely reading

 in GC (more likely reading, →GE) & EE

 in FE
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The notation of GC is unclear, as far as the placement of the  sign is concerned. In the main text, we place it under the f4 crotchet, which is a closer interpretation to the versions of the remaining sources. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

b. 69-70

composition: Op. 25 No 3, Etude in F major

Slurs in GC, literal reading (→GE1)

Slurs in GC (contextual interpretation) & GE2 (→GE3)

Slur in FE & EE
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The ending of the slur in bar 70 cannot be considered as reliable in GC. As far as bars 68-69 are concerned, it is hard to state in which sources the slurring of [A] was interpreted correctly – in GC or in FE and EE. The arguments for a continuous slur are not only the number of sources, yet also the fact that possible corrections of the slurring could have had place only in the lost manuscripts, as they are not to be seen in GC. Due to these facts, in the main text we give the version of FE and EE, being conscious of the fact that the interpretation of slurs of GC adopted in GE3 (→#GE4) may also correspond to Chopin's intention.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC