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p. 1, b. 1-31
p. 1, b. 1-31
p. 2, b. 32-73
p. 3, b. 74-111
p. 4, b. 112-138
p. 5, b. 139-165
p. 6, b. 166-203
p. 7, b. 204-241
FE1 - First French edition
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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
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GE2 - Corrected reprint of GE
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
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Original in: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris


  b. 5

Double bar-line in GC

Single bar-line in FE (→EE1)

Repeat sign in GE & EE2

In GC the bars are separated with a double bar line, which is probably an arbitrary change introduced by the copyist (Chopin would rarely insert double bar lines, while changing the tempo or key, however, it was a commonly used practice). In GE the double bar line was arbitrarily changed to a repeat sign. It is not certain whether it is a revision or a mistake caused by a misinterpretation of the manuscript. The change, depriving the repetition of the exposition of its opening motif, was adopted in EE2 and in a vast majority of subsequent collective editions. In the main text we give a single line of FE (→EE1), which almost certainly corresponds to the notation of [A]. One can consider an addition of a slur in the L.H. in this place in the proofreading of FE3 to be another argument confirming the correctness of the text of FE – if Chopin had wanted to omit Grave at the repetition, he would have most probably noticed the absence of a repeat sign, necessary in this situation. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions, Changed phrase length

notation: Shorthand & other

Missing markers on sources: FESch, FED, FES