FC
Main text
FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
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  b. 24

Rest in FC (→GE)

No rest in FE (→EE)

Completing the R.H. top voice with a rest on the 3rd beat in the bar is an example of ultra-correct notation, used by Chopin only exceptionally, and in this case even misleading – f1 in the last crotchet, belonging allegedly to the bottom voice, is actually a beginning of the next phrase in the top voice. In the main text we omit it, since it could have been added by Fontana or removed by Chopin in the proofreading of or in the basis for FE.
A similar situation is present in bar 56.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa