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Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

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b. 1

composition: Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

No title nor dedication in AI

in A (contextual interpretation)

in FE1

in FE2

in GE

in EE3

in EE4
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In the main text we give the title and dedication in the undoubtedly authentic version adopted in FE. The extensions of both the title (in GE and EE) and dedication (in EE) most probably come from the editors. See Etude in C, No. 1, bar 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Dedications , GE revisions

b. 1-7

composition: Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

Slurs for 5 & half bars in AI

2 bars in A

1 bar in FE (→GE,EE3)

7 bars in EE4
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The sources differ in the length of the initial phrase of the Etude, provided with the slurs in the L.H. As there is no doubt that the aforementioned slurs are written as a model and the similar slurring generally applies in the entire Etude, all these notations should be considered as equal. In the main text we give the version of A, as undoubtedly authentic and later than AI (in FE the missing slurs in bar 2 may be accidental). See also bars 8 and 9-16.

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issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 1

composition: Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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In the main text we consider the fingering of the R.H. added in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 1-9

composition: Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

Fingering in A (→FE→GE)

EE
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The fingering given by Chopin in A (→FE→GE) was repeated by Fontana in EE in the subsequent figures until bar 5. Fontana recalled this fingering also in bar 9.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 1

composition: Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

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In AI the indications  and legatissimo are missing. In this kind of situation, when AI is the only source in which an indication or sign are missing, we do not give this version as an alternative to the versions of other sources. This manuscript had a private, working character and in such situations the missing indications must be considered only as a proof of the notation's underdevelopment.

In the main text we give both indications in the place where Chopin put them in A. In FE (→GE,EE) legatissimo was placed between the staves, while  – not until f1 in the R.H.

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