EE1
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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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f1 in FE (→GE,EE)

f1 in FEH, probable reading

The entry in FEH may define the authentic variant of the beginning or perhaps also of the ending of the trill (in order to implement the latter, one can use the version of GE3 in the note applying to the 1st of the small notes ending the trill). However, one cannot exclude that the added diagonal sharp may be simply Chopin's characteristic teaching mark and not a  raising f1 to f​​​​​​​1. Anyhow, in order to denote elements of a diminished seventh chord, Chopin would use notes separated both by a semitone and a whole tone, cf. e.g. the ending of the trill in bar 614 (whole tone) or a written-out turn in the 2nd mov. of the Concerto, bar 68 (semitone). Interesting variants in a similar context, yet probably resulting from mistakes of the first edition, are to be found in the Etude in C​​​​​​​ minor, op. 10 no. 4, bars 15 and 19.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies, Authentic post-publication changes and variants, Annotations in FEH

notation: Pitch

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