FE
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½A - Semi-autograph
A - Autograph of the piano part
Morch - Manuscript of the orchestra part
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Retouched impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
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  b. 139

7 notes & b1 in A (→GE) & FED

8 notes & b1 in FE (→EE1)

8 notes & b1 in EE2 (→EE3)

In FE (→EE) the aquaver was doubled, as a result of which the entire group includes 8 notes. In the 1st half of the bar, FE committed two evident mistakes more: the mordent was overlooked as well as the  raising the second b1 to b(see also notes in the 2nd half of the bar). In FED Chopin corrected two mistakes: he deleted the superfluous aand added the missing . The accumulation of mistakes of FE in this bar must be surprising, particularly if we take into account Chopin's proofreading both in FE1 and FE2 (cf. bar 138). It is also puzzling why, in spite of revisions performed in subsequent impressions of EE (even in this bar), no attempt at indicating the actual number of notes in the group was made, not to mention introducing the correct version of GE1, which was taken into consideration already at the time of revising EE2

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, Errors in FE

notation: Rhythm

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