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Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

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

b. 25-27

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

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In AI Chopin would generally write accidentals only next to the upper notes of the octaves. The only sign before a bottom note is the  lowering g2 to g2 in bar 27. The notation of A is already much more precise – only the  lowering g1 to g1 in bar 25 is missing. FE (→GE,EE) have the correct text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 27

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

E in AI & A

F in FE (→GE,EE)
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The notation with E, present in both autographs, was changed – most probably by Chopin – in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). According to us, it is however possible that the proofreading concerned an erroneous version – e.g., a sole note head without the ledger line and natural, due to which it looked like an F. It undermines the expression of this change as proving Chopin's preference of the notation with F instead of E. In the manuscripts the progression of the bass in bars 26-27 is written in a much more natural way: B1-C-E-G-B than in the editions: B1-C-F-G-B.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Enharmonic corrections , Authentic corrections of FE