EE1
Main text
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. 35-38

No ties in A (→FE1,FCGE1)

Ties in FE2 (→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

The missing ties of the middle notes of the chords in A (→FE1,FCGE1) do not seem to be an oversight – Chopin would have had to forget as many as five ties. It is all the less likely, since playing full chords coincides here with an increasing dynamic and emotional intensity. Therefore, this is the version we include in the main text. However, the authenticity of the version with ties cannot be entirely ruled out – FE2 was most probably proofread by Fontana, yet he could have consulted certain issues with Chopin. The ties in GE2 were added by analogy with b. 1-2 and 9-10 or – which is more likely – after FE2, cf. the Prelude No. 23 in F Major, b. 16.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions, FE revisions

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: Pierpont Morgan Library, New York