GE4
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A - Autograph
FE - French Edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German Edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Second, revised impression of GE2
GE4 - Third impression of GE2
EE - English Edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Later impression of EE1
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Lack of natural next to d1 is an obvious Chopin's error in A (→GE1) and FE. In EE the sign is present, yet it may be an addition of the edition's reviser – such a revision was made in GE2 (→GE3GE4).

However, it is unclear whether the lack of natural raising a into is an error. The version with a is musically possible, yet the note a, enabling to maintain the unambiguous colour of the suddenly introduced A minor key, seems to be more natural here. In such a situation, the addition of natural by Chopin in FES indicates rather a double error of the composer in A and FE.
The origin of the version GE1 is not entirely sure. The added natural is probably one of many revisions introduced into that edition, yet the accuracy of such an addition is puzzling, which – contrary to the other ones – is not that obvious. It may suggest Chopin's presence during the proofing of GE1.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies, EE revisions, GE revisions, Omission of current key accidentals, Errors of A, Annotations in FES

notation: Pitch

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