FE1
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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 EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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The traces of corrections visible in FE point to a Terzverschreibung error in the L.H., encompassing the entire 1st half of the bar – d2-c​​​​​​​2-b1. A similar mistake is present in GE1; however, the 1st quaver is placed at the right pitch. How could this have come about?  There are a few possibilities:

  • In FE, the place was proofread in two stages – first, it was only the initial quaver that was corrected, which passed to GE1, whereas both semiquavers were corrected only just in the last proofreading.
  • In FE, the mistake was corrected straight away, while GE1 committed an independent Terzverschreibung error, encompassing both semiquavers.
  • The mistake in FE was corrected only just in the last phase of proofreading, yet in GE1 it was only the semiquavers that were reproduced in accordance with the base text (i.e. erroneously), while the quaver was placed at the right pitch (an incomplete revision or a mistake).

Due to the parallel movement of both hands, the correct text is unquestionable, hence it is already GE2 (→GE3) that includes the correct text.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in FE, Terzverschreibung error, GE revisions, Authentic corrections of FE, Errors repeated in GE

notation: Pitch

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