in To the main text we adopt the notation of the trill with a wavy line, in spite of the fact that in A Chopin wrote only 
. A comparison of all 6 bars with trills (b. 10, 12, 16, 28, 30 and 34) shows that Chopin used both types of notation interchangeably; his motivation was mainly the size of the gap between the end of the mark and the grace notes closing the trill. He would fill the several-millimetre gaps with a wavy line regardless of the rhythmic value of the trilled note (minims in b. 10 and 28 and dotted crotchet in b. 30); in turn, he would leave smaller gaps without wavy lines (b. 12, 16 and 34). As in this context both types of notation carry the same meaning, in the main text we give the notation with a wavy line in all those bars. No other source reproduced the notation of A accurately – wavy lines were added or removed at random: in FC wavy lines are present in b. 10, 12, 28 and 34, in FE (→EE) – in b. 10 and 28, while in GE – in b. 10, 12 and 28.
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