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FCI - Fontana's copy I
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. 85

Rests in FCI, literal interpretation

c1 & chord in FCI (contextual interpretation) & remaining sources

In FCI this bar is marked as a repetition of the previous one (/). When interpreted literally, it would mean including the bass A1 at the beginning of the bar, which contradicts the notation of the copy, since A1 from b. 84 is tied to this bar and further on, to the end of the piece. Assuming that the elements written in addition to the repeat sign are to supplement or change the notation of the repeated model, we get the first of the given interpretations, in which we fill the missing 1st L.H. quaver with a rest, after the bottom R.H. voice. However, according to us, repeat signs require a more flexible approach here, and according to Chopin the bar was supposed to look like the one in the final version.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw