FE
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GC - Gutmann's Copy
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 - Another copy 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. 71

Crotchet with mordent in GC (→GE) & EE2 (→EE3)

Crotchet without mordent in FE

Quavers with mordent in EE1

The version of GC (→GE) and FE, identical with the version of analogous bar 51, is most probably earlier (omission of mordent in FE is almost certainly a mistake). Lack of corrections in GC proves that the version of this copy was also in the autograph rewritten by the copyist. The version with quavers only present in EE1 must have been introduced by Chopin instead of the previous one in the manuscript being the base text to this edition. Therefore we give this version as the later one in the main text. This type of breaking a longer rhythmic value is a characteristic for Chopin way of enriching the melodic line at the time of repeating phrases (cf., e.g., Mazurkas in A major, Op. 7 No. 4, bars 25-32, G minor, Op. 24 No. 1, bars 57 and 59C major, Op. 24 No. 2, bars 97-104C minor, Op. 50 No. 3, bars 77-88, A minor, Op. 59 No. 1, bars 3-6 and 27-30, Waltz in E major, Op. 18, bars 37-51).
EE2 (→EE3) introduced an analogous version to bar 51, most probably under the influence of FE.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE, Main-line changes

notation: Pitch

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