GE1
Main text
½A - Semi-autograph
A - Autograph of the piano part
Morch - Manuscript of the orchestra part
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Retouched impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
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  b. 146

 in A

cresc. in GE (→FEEE)

cresc. in FED

The change of the  sign, written in A, to cresc. appearing in GE (→FEEE) seems to be Chopin's correction. However, it cannot be excluded that the change was performed arbitrarily by the engraver of GE1, seeing that there is no place for such a long sign – over the notes it is the  sign from the last bar that is an obstacle and between the staves it is the number 18, the slur and the  in the part of the L.H. What is more, cresc. printed in FED was deleted and written closer to the end of the bar, which can be considered a confirmation of the inauthenticity of the change performed in GE1. However, due to the lack of conclusive arguments against the authenticity of the changes performed in the sources with a confirmed participation of Chopin – GE1 and FED – we consider all three source versions to be authentic and in the main text we give the latest, i.e. FED

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies, Annotations in FED, Authentic corrections of GE

notation: Verbal indications

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