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Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

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Main text
AI - Working autograph
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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Agitato in AI

. = 92 in A

. = 96 in FE (→GE,EE)

The way of writing the indication of tempo-character in A suggests that Chopin was gradually developing this indication. Initially, it included only Agitato (as in AI), to which then Molto and eventually Allo were added. The change of the value in the indication of the metronome tempo is most probably a result of Chopin's proofreading of FE (→GE,EE).

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Metronome tempos, Authentic corrections of FE, Changes of tempo markings

notation: Verbal indications

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