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GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
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EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 43

Quaver c2 in GE1 & FE (→EE)

Crotchet c2 in GE2

The c2 note having been separated from the 1st chord is an arbitrary revision of GE2. Actually, on the 1st beat of analogous b. 69 the stems are pointing upwards in GE1 and FE (→EE), yet in both places the first chord in those editions is written down using one-part notation. In FE the visible traces of corrections in print suggest that initially the stems on the 1st beat of the discussed bar were also pointing upwards, which was, however, changed – perhaps by Chopin – to a form compliant with the notation of GE.
A similar situation is to be found in b. 276. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: Zbiory prywatne (kolekcja Jana Ekiera), Warszawa