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Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

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b. 2-7

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

Mordents in AI & A

No ornaments in FE (→GE,EE)
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From the very beginning, the mordents constituted an integral part of the main theme of the Etude. Eventually, however, while proofreading FE (→GE,EE), Chopin resigned from them in the first section of the piece (cf. bars 38-39).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 10-15

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

Mordents in AI

No ornaments in A (→FE→GE,EE)
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The mordents over d2, the 3rd quaver in bars 10-11 and 14-15, appearing only in AI, were omitted in the version prepared for print.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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. 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