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A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
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  b. 180-181

c1(2) in A (→GE)

c1(2) in FE1

c1(2) in FE2 (→EE)

The FE1 version featuring c1 and c2 is probably authentic – it was introduced at the stage of proofreading (it can be seen that the  to the last quaver in bar 180 was added in print), which rules out a mistake when copying or engraving. According to us, it is possible that we are dealing with an error committed while proofreading, resulting from the similarity between the ending of bar 180 and 181 and the ending of bar 184 and 185, which in FE are – as in our transcriptions – on adjacent lines, one above the other (the similarity is all the grater as in A (→[FC]FE1) there is no  lowering g1 to g1 in bar 185). Anyways, in FE2 the flats added by FE1 were changed to naturals, hence either returning to the original A version or correcting the previous mistake.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations, Authentic corrections of FE, FE revisions, Main-line changes

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