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Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 33-34

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

No marks in AI & A

Staccato dots in FE (→GE,EE)
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Staccato dots over quituplets have been added by Chopin while proofreading FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 37-48

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

No fingering in AI & A

Fingering in FE (→GE)

EE
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In bars 37, 45 and 48 Chopin added '4' digits in a proofreading of FE (→GE), resembling the basic fingering scheme of the Etude. In EE Chopin's hints were completed in bars 37-45, adding 18 fours under c notes.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 38-39

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

No ornaments in AI & A

Mordants in FE (→GE,EE)
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The mordents were added by Chopin in a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). It is a part of a wider proofreading of the mordents' use in the theme of the Etude.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 42

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

No ornament in AI & FE (→GE,EE)

Grace notes in A
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Chopin deleted the double grace note written in A – equal to a mordent – while proofreading FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 44

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

One  sign in A & GE2 (→GE3→GE4)

Two signs in FE (→GE1,EE)
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Doubled  hairpins in FE (→GE1,EE) may be explained with Chopin's proofreading of an inaccurately arranged mark: at the beginning the engraver arranged  too low, so it seems that it refers to the L.H., which Chopin corrected by adding the 2nd mark over the R.H. The change is of an ad hoc nature, hence in the main text we give the version of A. The correct notation was also guessed in subsequent GE,s. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE