EE1
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AI - Working autograph
AF - Autograph fair-copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First 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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  b. 85-87

Crotchets in AI

Quavers in AF (→FEEE) & GE

The melodic variants in b. 85 and 87 of the motif opening the majority of the phrases of this theme were introduced only just at the stage of writing Stichvorlage autographs. Such a diversification of recurring motifs is typical of Chopin and would frequently appear in the final stages of shaping particular pieces, cf., e.g. the Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 24 No. 1, b. 57 and 59.
The layout of the melody's notes in b. 85 in AF shows that the a1 quaver was added there to the g1 note, which was initially a crotchet. At the same time, Chopin forgot about the  before this note, which was corrected in FE (→EE).

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A, Main-line changes

notation: Pitch

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