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A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Later impression of GE1
GET - Toruń copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French Edition
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
FEFr - Franchomme copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English Edition
EE3 - Later impression of EE1
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  b. 64

No flats for e flat in A

  for e flat2 w GE (→FEEE), we also supplement the  for e flat

The absence of the flats restoring e flat2 and e flat may not be at first glance considered an obvious mistake - had Chopin wanted to use the notes e in the chord here, the notation of A would have been the simplest way to notate such a version. Still, there are arguments contradicting that possibility, such as comparison with the notation of the harmonically analogous bar 68:

  • on one hand the use of the notes e flat is obvious there due to the  placed in A before the last semiquaver of the L.H.;
  • on the other hand, lack of  before e flat2 shows how easily Chopin forgot to cancel the raising of that note, evidently considering the use of e flat there as obvious.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration, GE revisions, Authentic corrections of GE

notation: Pitch

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