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Chopin, Frederic : 12 études　Etude No.8 F-Dur Op.10-8

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Music ID : 20773
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：etude
Total Playing Time：3 min 00 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
etude
Piano Solo
piano solo
F dur

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Author : Imazeki, Shiori

Last Updated: August 7, 2019
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

Composed between 1830 and 1832.

The autograph manuscript is housed in the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw (accession number M/195).

F major, 4/4 time, Allegro.

This is an etude for the right hand's sixteenth-note passages. This figuration, which combines stepwise motion and leaps, is accompanied by slurs and frequently alternates between descending and ascending movements. Meanwhile, the left hand provides a more dynamic part with bass notes and dotted rhythms.

It is in ternary form: A (mm. 1–28) – B (mm. 29–59) – A (mm. 60–73) – Coda (mm. 74–94). The middle section (from m. 29) temporarily presents the opening theme in the parallel minor, D minor, before developing into sixteenth-note passages for both hands. In the coda, the right hand continues with the sixteenth-note passages, while the left hand introduces a new melody in the inner voice, creating a contrasting character between the two hands. The piece ultimately concludes brilliantly with both hands in unison.

Writer: Imazeki, Shiori

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