The FE (→EE1) version, identical to the one in bar 204, is almost certainly earlier and was changed by Chopin in A after [FC] had been finished. Such rhythmic changes to the melody, introduced in the last stage of works on a piece, are to be found in Chopin's pieces on a number of occasions – see the Mazurka in G minor, Op. 24 No. 1, bar 59. The corrections visible here in A seem to concern a different version, probably erroneous – Chopin probably deleted here the a
1 and g1 crotchets.
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations
issues: Corrections in A, Deletions in A
notation: Pitch