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Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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Issues : Centrally placed marks

b. 22-23

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

No markings in A

 in FE (→GE,EE)

Our suggestion
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Both dynamic indications in these bars were added by Chopin during a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). The  mark was placed at the beginning of the 2nd crotchet in bar 23, which is either a mistake (cf. bar 9) or an example of a notation's convention, sometimes used by Chopin, according to which the mark is not placed at the beginning, yet in the middle of its range of validity (cf. the Etude in C major, No. 1, bar 45).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Centrally placed marks