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Original in: Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw


  b. 20-21

Erasures and other traces visible in A demonstrate that initially Chopin noted the minim e1 sustained in bars 20-23 on the upper staff.  The laborious graphic alteration must have been undertaken to convey some vital information: that note, struck with the right hand at the beginning of bar 20, is then much more convenient to play when taken over and sustained with the left hand.  

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category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A

notation: Shorthand & other

Missing markers on sources: AI, GE1, GE2, FE1, FED, FES, EE1, EE3