GE1
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. 95

No pauses in FC (→GE)

Pauses in FE (→EE)

Our variant suggestion

Both versions – with or without fermatas – may be authentic, whereby fermatas, if added by Chopin in the stage of proofreading FE, would be his latest decision. Both versions also seem musically attractive – longer reverberation of the D major chord compensates for the lack of cadence in this key, while ending the chord in accordance with the rhythm reminds not only of the key, but also of the resolute, feisty nature (risoluto) of the phrases maintained in the key of D major. Therefore, in the main text we suggest a variant solution.
See also the note on the pedalling.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw