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A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
IE - Italian edition
IE1 - First Italian edition
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  b. 155

  in A, possible interpretation

 in GE (→FE,EE,IE)

When interpreted literally, the A dynamic markings seem contradictory or ambiguous. If  concerns the d1-d2 crotchet under which it was written,  is pointless. On the other hand, if we were to relate  to the L.H. minim, which is not clearly apparent from the A notation, but neither is it contrary to it,  and  could refer to the R.H. part and the L.H. part, respectively, e.g. as follows:

In this situation, we consider the latter interpretation of  and  to be the A text.
The difference in the size of the discussed markings in A –  is clearly smaller than the remaining two – points to a yet another interpretation. It is likely that , probably written first, was supposed to be replaced by  and , yet it remained unremoved due to Chopin's distraction. According to us, this is the most likely interpretation, resulting in a musically natural solution, compliant with the markings adopted by GE (→FE,EE,IE). We provide this version in the main text.

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See b. 179

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A, Errors resulting from corrections, GE revisions

notation: Verbal indications

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Original in: Pierpont Morgan Library, Nowy Jork