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AI - Earlier autograph
A - Autograph
CDP - Copy for Delfina Potocka
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected reprint of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected reprint of GE1
GE1b - Flawed impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected reprint of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 16

Six notes in AI, CDP, FE & EE

Five notes in A (→GE)

The version with the five-note group was created as a result of Chopin correction in A – the composer deleted the last semiquaver there. We consider this change to be final due to its undeniable advantages – the transition to the next bar is significantly smoother, as far as the harmony (preparing a new chord position), rhythm (transition to a new rhythmic formula), and piano technique (facilitating the change of the hand's position) are concerned. A similar change was introduced – probably at Chopin's request – in bar 34.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

notation: Rhythm

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