EE2
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
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 - First English edition
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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  b. 32-33

f1 & f1 in A

g1 & f1 in FE (→EE2EE3)

Our suggestion based on FE

g1 & f1 in GE & EE4

In bar 32 Chopin changed the notation of the 6th note and perhaps also the pitch of the last one. The 6th note is written in A as f1, while before fin the next chord there is a cautionary . Allegedly, the last semiquaver was also supposed to be f1, which is, in turn, revealed by the cautionary  before f1 at the beginning of bar 33. Eventually, Chopin added a  before the final note in bar 32 in A, changing it to f1. In a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE) the notation of the 6th note was changed to g1 and the already unnecessary  before fwas removed. In FE (→EE2EE3) the accidental before the last note in bar 32 was also deleted, however, the remaining traces suggest that it was a  and not a , which is confirmed by ffeatured in this place in GE (and EE4). In this situation it is unknown whether fin the review copy of FE was a result of the engraver's mistake or perhaps of Chopin's "transitional" correction who would thereby return to the original concept only to reject it again (yet introducing a melodic move of the semiquaver voice in bars 28-29). In any case, the version of finished FE must be considered as the final one, particularly taking into account the fact that it does not differ from the version of A, as far as the sound is concerned. Therefore, in the main text we give the notation of FE, in which we correct the notation of the 1st chord in bar 33 by changing the unjustified in this version cautionary  before f1 to a  before a1.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions, Errors in FE, GE revisions, Enharmonic corrections, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Pitch

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