GE2
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Atut - Autograph of first Tutti
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FEFo - Forest copy
FEH - Hartmann copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2a - Altered impression of GE2
GE3 - Second German edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE2
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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Alignment of notes in FE (→GE1GE2)

Alignment of notes in EE & GE3

In FE (→GE,EE), there is no digit determining the rhythmic shape of the group of 7 quavers. The alignment of notes with respect to the L.H. adopted in FE (→GE1GE2) suggests the following grouping: , which combines well with the stretto indication, written in the 2nd half of the bar. Due to this reason, we preserve this notation in the main text. However, FE are not entirely reliable in this respect, since they feature numerous examples of more or less blatant mistakes in this regard (e.g. in bar 519, the 2nd mov., bar 23, the 3rd mov., bar 475, cf. also the Nocturne in B minor, op. 9, no. 1, bars 73 and 75). Therefore, the layout adopted in EE and GE3, corresponding to a  septuplet, may be considered a fully-fledged variant. Practically, the written down rhythm serves as inspiration only; its performance should be uninhibited, smooth and emotionally suggestive.  

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, GE revisions

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center