GE1
Main text
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
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
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Fourth German edition
EE - English edition
EE3 - Corrected impression of [EE2]
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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 & sotto voce in A

 in FE (→GE,EE

Our suggestion

The graphic difficulties, which the engraver of FE would have to face if he wanted to fit  and sotto voce written in A, could have contributed to their omission. However, independently from the fact whether Chopin deleted these indications at the time of proofreading FE or whether they were simply not there, his decision to add  must be considered as binding. In the main text we move this mark by one quaver, as the musical sense hints at the fact that Chopin's entry was misinterpreted.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Verbal indications

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Original in: The Fryderyk Chopin Museum, Warsaw