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Main text
GC - Gutmann's Copy
Amar - Autograph fragment of March
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
GE2mar - Second German edition of March
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
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e in GC (→GE), FE1 (→FE2EE) & FES

g in FE3 (→FE4,FE5)

Chopin most probably hesitated between e and g on the 2nd quaver in the L.H. Initially – in [A] (→GCGE), →FE1FE2EE) – he wrote an e, which he then, in the proofreading of FE3 (→FE4,FE5) changed to g. However, in FES the latter was deleted, restoring e, which indicates another change of the composer's decision. Both versions have their advantages:

  • g offers a more consistent movement of the voices of the accompaniment,
  • e gives a more gentle sound without the doubled third.

In the main text we give the version with e as probably the latest proved one (deletion in FES). The authenticity of this version is unquestionable, which is not entirely clear in the case of the version with g, as in the proofreading of FE3 there were misunderstandings and errors – cf. bar 20, as well as the 1st mov., bar 76 and 153-156 and the 2nd mov., bar 95.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies, Chopin's hesitations, Annotations in FES, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Pitch

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