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Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 17-19

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

No fingering in AI & A

Fingering in FE (→GE)

EE3

EE4
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We give the fingering added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE). In EE3 the digits in bar 17 were omitted, which was only partially and erroneously corrected in EE4.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 20-21

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

No fingering in AI & A (→FE→GE)

Fingering in EE
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The fingering added by Fontana in EE does not bring any new elements to the fingering following from Chopin's hints.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 21-23

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

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The sources are missing some of the flats before g notes (in various octaves). None of these inaccuracies raise any doubt concerning the sound intended by Chopin. In AI there are no  before g, as well as before G and g1 in bar 23. In A both flats in the L.H. in the 2nd half of bar 22 are missing; only the first of them was added in FE. The remaining sources have the correct text. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 22

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

No fingering in AI & A

Fingering in FE (→GE)

EE
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Chopin's fingering in bar 22, both in the R.H. and the L.H. was added in a proofreading of FE (→GE). In EE the fingering of the L.H. was added by Fontana (also in the next bars), what is more, he changed one of the digits given by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 22-23

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

No pedalling in AI & A

 in FE

  in GE & EE

Our suggestion
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After the  mark in the middle of bar 22, FE is missing the  mark. In GE and EE a  was added at the end of this bar, yet according to us, Chopin probably had in mind a one-and-a-half bar pedal.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , No pedal release mark