EE1
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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. 59

In A, there is a visible correction of the middle note of the 2nd crotchet in the R.H. from f2 to e2. The correction was certainly introduced after ½had been completed, which is clearly indicated by different ink and the manner of writing, emphasising the fact of a correction. An identical change, in the same way, was introduced in analogous bar 403, which proves that the version with fwas not an accidental mistake. In the orchestral part written in Morch, there are e2 (flute and clarinet) and e1 (2nd violin, viola and French horn), without any changes. In this situation, it seems to be likely that Chopin wrote the abandoned version of this chord in haste, once changed in [PI], but not in [SI], which he probably used while writing A (cf. the characterization of A).  

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category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A

notation: Pitch

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Original in: Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai, Bergamo