A
Main text
AI - Earlier autograph
A - Autograph
CDP - Copy for Delfina Potocka
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected reprint of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected reprint of GE1
GE1b - Flawed impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected reprint of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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AI

A (→GE), FE & EE

FES

Our variant suggestion

The version of AI suggests that Chopin initially heard a monophonic melody in these bars or that he at least wanted to include all audible motifs as part of one melodic line. Eventually, he rejected this idea, probably unwilling to blur the polyphony-like structure of these bars. The additions in FES prove that this scarce notation was not understandable to everyone.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies, Annotations in FES

notation: Rhythm

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