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Afrag - Autograph fragment
A1 - Autograph fair-copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Second French edition
FED - Dubois copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
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Staccato quaver & semiquaver in A1

Quaver & semiquaver in FE (→EE)

2 quavers in GE

There are no reasons to consider the version of GE to be erroneous: the change of rhythm with respect to the remaining sources is confirmed by the complementary slur. On the other hand, deprived of insight into [A2], one cannot state whether Chopin replaced therein a previous version or whether he simply wrote another one, which does not give us grounds to consider the previous one to be rejected. Due to the above reason, we consider both possibilities equal.
The missing staccato dot in FE (→EE) is most probably an oversight. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Dotted or even rhythm

notation: Rhythm

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