CGS
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As - Autograph sketch
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
CGS - Copy by George Sand
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. 1-3

Arrangement of voices in As & A (→FCGE)

Part arrangement in CGS

L.H. part arrangement in FE (→EE)

The two-part notation of the L.H. part, in which the recurring B-A-B-G motif is isolated, was already introduced in As and kept in A (→FCGE). Unlike in As, in which all 3 bars are written like that (with the use of abbreviations), in the version prepared for print Chopin wrote only the first 2 bars like that; they must be regarded as a pattern for the next ones, already written down in a simplified manner. The adoption of that simplified notation in FE (→EE) already in b. 1-2 was almost certainly an arbitrary decision of the engraver, who, not having observed a possibility to apply the beaming used in GE and in our text (essentially tantamount to the Chopinesque notation), considered the authentic notation to be impossible to reproduce in print. The notation adopted in CGS indicates that the top voice on the bottom stave should be performed with the R.H., which is more convenient, particularly for smaller and less skillful hands. The authenticity of that notation is not confirmed; however, it seems likely – see the characterization of CGS.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: FE revisions

notation: Rhythm

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