EE1
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GC - Gutmann's Copy
Afin - Autograph fragment of Finale
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Second impression of FE
FE3 - Third impression of FE
FE4 - Fourth impression of FE
FESch - Scherbatoff Copy
FES - Stirling copy
FED - Dubois copy
FE5 - Second French edition
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE
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g(1) in GC (→GE), EE & FED

g(1) suggested by the editors

g(1) in FE

In FE there are no flats restoring g and g1 on the 5th quaver. As respective signs are before the 9th quaver (in all sources), the version, with g and g1 on the 5th quaver, formally does not contain a mistake. In spite of this, it seems to be much more likely that it is a mistake that happened to Chopin in [A] – in GC (→GE) the composer added the overlooked flats, the signs were also added in EE and FED, which, in both cases, may come from Chopin. Therefore, we are dealing with a too late placement of sign, which is not an isolated case – cf., e.g., the Etude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8, bar 43. In the main text, we do not include the superfluous flats in the 2nd half of the bar.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies, EE revisions, Errors in FE, Annotations in FED, Omissions to cancel alteration, Authentic corrections in GC

notation: Pitch

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