GE2
Main text
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. 328

The accidentals specifying the sound of the 8th semiquaver in the L.H. (the  of g2) and of the 11th semiquaver in the R.H. (the  of g3), overlooked by Chopin, were being gradually added in the editions – in GE1 only the first of them was added. At the same time, the process of proofreading or revision was not without disturbances:

  • the traces in print prove that in FE was initially printed before the 11th semiquaver. Therefore, it may be possible that the need to specify the notation of both discussed notes was provoked by the necessity of correcting this mistake.
  • at the time of work on GE2, first the revision of the text of GE1 was performed, adding in the discussed place a  before g3. However, since eventually the notation of the 2nd half of the bar without an octave sign was chosen, the addition was no more required, particularly since in GE2 – differently than in our main text – cautionary naturals before g1 and ghad not been used.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves, GE revisions, Authentic corrections of FE, Authentic corrections of GE, Inaccuracies in A

notation: Pitch

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Original in: Biblioteka Narodowego Instytutu Fryderyka Chopina, Warszawa