FED - Dubois copy


Publisher: Henry Lemoine
Date: 1843-1848
Title: Etudes || 7me Étude
Dedication: Madame la Comtesse d'Agoult

Pupil's copy of FE3 from the collection of Chopin's pieces belonging to his pupil Camille O'Méara-Dubois. FED includes numerous annotations, added by the composer in pencil:

  • fingering in the introduction and in bars 8, 13, 22, 24, 25, 26, 53 and 56;
  • hints concerning the manner of beginning the trill in bars 7 and 51, 37, 55;
  • correction of a mistake – an added  of g in bar 24;
  • additional indication of performing the e1 minim in bar 45 (likely);
  • a few other, not always understandable, signs, probably illustrating lesson indications concerning the distinct phrasing.
Original in: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
Shelf-mark: Rés. F. 980 (I.2)