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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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Large noteheads in AI

Big & small notehead in A (→GE1)

Small noteheads in FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)

The deletions of the 1st note on the 2nd and 4th beats of the bar, visible in A, suggest that Chopin hesitated whether to write these notes as big or small. The result of these corrections is not entirely clear (particularly on the 2nd beat); however, it seems to be more plausible that it concerned the transition to small notes, as it is in FE and EE.

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category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Chopin's hesitations, Deletions in A

notation: Rhythm

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