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A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz Copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESch - Scherbatoff copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE1a - Corrected impression of EE1
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1a
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  b. 4

Semibreve c1 in A (→FEEE1)

Dotted minim in FC (→GE) & EE2

A comparison with similar b. 2, 10 and 12 proves that Chopin wanted the c1 note to be heard in the 2nd half of the bar too. Therefore, it was certainly wrong of Fontana to shorten its value. It would be more justified to extend the length of the note with a dot, as was performed in the aforementioned bars; however, it is not necessary due to pedal. The change in EE2 was most probably introduced under the influence of GE1 (other examples of wrong versions of GE1 having been introduced into EE2 – see, e.g. the Prelude No. 5 in D Major, b. 16, No. 21 in B Major, b. 4 or No. 24 in D Minor, b. 47-49).

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, Fontana's revisions

notation: Rhythm

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