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AI - Working autograph
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. 59

In AI the notation of the part of the R.H. is unclear in this bar. Chopin certainly performed corrections in it, yet it is unclear, which version is the last one. According to us, it is most natural to assume that Chopin strived for the version which he then eventually deemed as the best, while the remaining ones – written out with notes – are earlier:
 and . Therefore, it is the sign defining this bar as repetition of the previous one that we consider to be written as the last one. See also the note on abbreviations in the L.H.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

notation: Pitch

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