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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. 15

Crotchet e in A & GE2

Quaver e in GE1 (→FEEE)

The notation of A may raise certain doubts here: the line combining both a seems to be a tie, which, however, would require the first a to be a crotchet. Chopin may have resigned from a precise notation, since he wanted to avoid deletions or excessive complications: . The notation of A was repeated without changes in all editions (this kind of simplified notation can be found in other pieces by Chopin, in the Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40 No. 2, bars 82 and 109 or in Allegro de Concert, Op. 46, bars 162 and 163).

Omission of the stem extending e on the 4th quaver is most probably an inaccuracy of the engraver of GE1 (→FEEE). In GE2 the stem was restored, yet the inaccuracies of notation described above (in spite of introducing a few other arbitrary changes) were not removed.    

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa