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Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 23-28

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

No fingering in AI & A (→FE→GE)

Fingering in EE
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In EE the fingering is marked also in these bars. Fontana develops the composer's hints, yet he also suggests some unobvious solutions – cf. bar 22.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 28

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

All'ottava sign in AI, A, EE, FED & FES

No all'ottava sign in FE (→GE)
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The earlier ending of the octave sign in FE (→GE) is a patent error, corrected by Chopin in FED and FES. Both autographs, as well as EE, have the correct text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FES

b. 29-32

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

No fingering in AI & A

Fingering in FE (→GE)

EE
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The fingering in the L.H. in bars 29-31 was added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). In EE the indications of bar 31 were also repeated in bar 32.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of 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. 33-34

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

No slurs in AI & A (→FE→GE1→GE2)

Slurs in EE

Slur in GE3 (→GE4)

Slurs suggested by the editors
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We suggest complementing slurs analogously to motives in bars 29-30, partly added by Chopin while proofreading FE (→GE,EE). The sign in bar 33 was added in GE3 (→GE4) while EE has slurs in both bars.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions