CX
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AO - Autograph Oury
AR - Autograph Rotschild
AE - Autograph Eszterhazy
AK - Autograph Krudner
AG - Autograph Gavard
CX - Copy of Autograph Eszterhazy
CY - Copy of Autograph Gavard
CC - Czartoryscy copy
F - Fontana Version
FC - Fontana copy
PE - First Polish edition
FEF - Fontana's French edition
GEF - Fontana's German edition
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In F, the lowest voice in the L.H. descends until B1. The stylistic authenticity of such a solution is questionable - it is continued neither in the next phrase nor in the further course of the piece. Enhancing or lowering the bass line was one of Fontana's most frequent interferences in the works by Chopin he edited.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

notation: Pitch

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Original in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris