GE2
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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. 46

a2 in GC (→GE1) & FE (routine interpretation), EE & GE2 (→GE3)

a2 in GC (→GE1) & FE (contextual interpretation)

Before the 5th, 15th, 19th and 23rd semiquaver in GC (→GE1) and FE there is no accidental, so all of them should be interpreted as a2. In the 2nd half of the bar it is certainly erroneous, which induced the reviser of GE2 (→GE3) to consider the whole bar as an example of overlooking the sign of the current key and adding a  already next to the first of the aforementioned notes. A flat in this place is present also in EE, which could generally correspond to Chopin's notation in the base text to this edition. According to us, it is, however, more likely that in EE we are also dealing with an intervention of the reviser:

  • in a similar melodic turn in bar 48 the 5th semiquaver is an e2, moreover, in the sources there is no  returning e2 in the 2nd half of the bar;
  • Chopin undoubtedly heard a2 only in the 2nd half of the bar, where it is obvious due to A in the bass. Therefore, the first half of the bar could have been written faultlessly, although in a confusing manner, if we take into consideration the A major key, reaffirmed in the previous bar.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, GE revisions, Omission of current key accidentals

notation: Pitch

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