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FCI - Fontana's copy I
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz Copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESch - Scherbatoff copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE1a - Corrected impression of EE1
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1a
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  b. 37

The crossing-out of the D-d octave at the beginning of the bar, visible in A, suggests that moving the bass line in b. 37-40 an octave lower (with respect to the version of FCI) was an idea born in the process of writing A or fresh enough for Chopin to commit a mistake in the first of the lowered octaves. In A we can see a crossed-out  before the first d2 note in the R.H., which is an example of Chopin's uncertainty as to the key signature.

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category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A, Deletions in A, Bass register changes, Last key signature sign

notation: Pitch

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