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Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
A
Main text
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Fourth German edition
EE - English edition
EE3 - Corrected impression of [EE2]
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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Minim in A

Semibreve in FE (→GE,EE)

In A, in the middle of the bar there was originally a minim c-g-e1 chord, which was then deleted and replaced with a rest. Eventually, while proofreading FE (→GE,EE), Chopin gave the initial fifth the value of a semibreve. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Rhythm

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