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Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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FE - French edition

French edition

Ignace Pleyel et Cie, Paris, plate number I.P.16.:
FE1 – First French edition, March 1834.
Maurice Schlesinger, Paris, plate number M.S.1703:
FE2 = FE1 with changed cover & plate number, from June 1834.
G. Brandus & S. Dufour or Brandus & Cie, Paris, from 1860:
FE3 = FE2 with changed cover.

Pupil's copy of FE2 with annota­tions probably originating from Chopin:
FEJ – Ludwika Jędrzejewicz copy.

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GE - German edition

German edition

Breitkopf & Härtel, Lepizig, plate number 5525:
GE1 – First German edition, March-April 1834,
GE2 – Corrected impression of GE1, ca 1868-1871.

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EE - English edition

English edition

Wessel & Co, London, plate number (W & Co. No. 1094):
EE1 – First English edition, VIII 1834,
EE2 – Corrected impression of EE1, 1841.
Ashdown & Parry, same plate number:
EE3 – Revised impression of EE2, ca 1862.

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Filiation of the sources

                   

Principles behind the main text of
the Rondo in E flat major, Op. 16

We adopt FE as the principal source, since it was based on Chopin's autograph [A] (lost). In the main text we also take account of pencil additions in FEJ. 
Due to the lack of an autograph and the patent inaccuracies of the first editions, it is impossible to distinguish exactly between the long and short accents characteristic of Chopin, and to assign them to the right or left hand. We attempt to recreate the composer’s intentions, taking into account his usage in this area, documented by sources of other compositions.