The absence of the first poco in GE1 is a mistake by the engraver, who put it in the preceding bar. The mistake was corrected in GE2. It is difficult to definitely say what the origin of this poco having been placed differently in A and FE is. It could have been related to the corrections visible in A – Chopin changed there the layout of particular elements of the poco - - a poco indication, while the placement of the first poco in FE – in the middle of bar 43 – corresponds to the initial, deleted A notation.
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category imprint: Differences between sources
issues: Errors in GE, GE revisions
notation: Verbal indications
