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Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 32

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

No marking in AI, A, EE & GE3 (→GE4)

 in FE (→GE1→GE2)
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 appearing under the part of the L.H. in FE (→GE1→GE2) is an evident error, corrected in EE and later GE,s.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 36

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

No  sign in AI & A (→FE→GE1)

 in EE & GE2 (→GE3→GE4)
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In the pedalling of bars 29-36, added in a proofreading of FE, the last  mark in bar 36 was omitted, which is almost certainly a mistake. The error was repeated only in GE1.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 61

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

 in A

 in FE (→GE,EE)
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According to us, it is highly unlikely that  present in A was changed in FE (→GE,EE) to  as a result of Chopin's intervention. The dynamic contrasts in bars 29-32, 33-36 and 56-60 draw on the rule of double juxtaposition of the same indications (– or –). The version of A is compatible with this rule also in bars 61-64, while in FE it was broken and in a way which does not correspond to the musical flow. The engraver of FE could have simply forgotten about the 2nd .

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 64

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

Grace note in AI & A

No ornament in FE (→GE,EE)

Our variant suggestion
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It is hard to determine whether the missing grace note at the beginning of the 2nd half of the bar in FE (→GE,EE) is a result of the engraver's inaccuracy or Chopin's proofreading. In the entire Op. 10 such omissions of FE of certain elements written in the base text (A) appear so numerously that an oversight seems to be a natural and plausible explanation of the grace note's absence. On the other hand, while proofreading this Etude, Chopin, among others, deleted the ornaments in bars 2-3, 6-7 and 42, hence he could have also resigned from this ornament, given that he had already resigned from its equivalent in bar 63. Therefore, in the main text we suggest a variant suggestion with a grace note in brackets.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE