GC
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GC - Gutmann's Copy
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
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected reprint of GE
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE
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In GC (→GE1) the bar includes only 5 crotchets, which theoretically can be imagined as, e.g., a quintuplet or two crotchets and a crotchet triplet (cf. the rhythm in the R.H. in bar 77). It may have been treated like that in GE1, which explains the absence of a correction. However, an error of the copyist seems to be obvious if we consider:

  • the analogous bar of the exposition (bar 89);
  • no accidentals before the written 3rd chord – there should be two,  of f and  of b; it allows for identifying the overlooked chords as the third among six;
  • no detailed rhythm, which suggests compatibility of the intended rhythm with the scheme prevailing in the adjacent bars;
  • well documented filiation of sources, which proves that the copyist would rewrite the same autograph on which FE was based, including the version with six chords, which does not raise any doubts.

The remaining sources, including GE2, feature the correct text.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions, Errors of GC

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa