Ap
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CLI - Copy by Linowski
Ap - Presentation autograph
FE - French edition
FEcor - Chopin's FE proof
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Fourth German edition
GE5 - Fifth German edition
EE - English edition
EE2 - Second impression of [EE1]
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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  b. 27

The sources prove Chopin's hesitation concerning the notation of the 3rd semiquaver on the 2nd and 3rd beats of the bar. It is best seen in Ap, in which the clear traces of corrections are visible in the 2nd group of the notes, and possible ones – in the 3rd one. In the case of the first of the corrections, a2, most probably, was changed to g2, however, in the photograph available to the editors of mUltimate Chopin, one cannot certainly determine the direction of the changes. The result of the possible second correction is obvious – g2.
In the remaining sources the difference concerns only the 7th note, which in CLI is written as gand in FE (→GE,EE) – as a2. The hesitation was probably a result of the natural returning a2 in the 3rd group of semiquavers (added in one of the later proofings).  

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE, Enharmonic corrections, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Pitch

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