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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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d in A (literal reading→GEEE,IE)

d in A (contextual interpretation) & FE

According to us, leaving the third semiquaver from the end without an accidental, which results in d, is Chopin's mistake. It is true that e on the last semiquaver could be regarded as a resolution of this d note; however, it would require a particular performance, marked with a respective indication, e.g.:  . Nevertheless, even when performed as such, this version does not fit with the smorzando and the ongoing tensions' release; moreover, this version unnecessarily anticipates a much nobler effect used by Chopin in the next bar.
The flat restoring d was added only in FE.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration, Errors of A, FE revisions, Errors repeated in GE, Errors repeated in EE, Errors repeated in IE

notation: Pitch

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