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A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
GE4 - Corrected impression of GE3
GE1a - Album German edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Amended impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 68

in A

     in FE (→EE)

    in GE

In A, there is only one  mark, at the beginning of the bar. The remaining ones were added in the stage of proofreading FE (→EE) – along with the markings in the next bars – almost certainly by Chopin. One can have doubts whether all the marks entered by the composer were put in the correct place, since Chopin would often put them inaccurately, while the engravers would sometimes combine them with a wrong note. It is particularly the second  mark that seems to be placed too far (cf. b. 72, in which the 2nd  mark is placed certainly a crotchet too late). Due to the above, according to us, both versions of the editions may be considered equal variants.

In both cases, "harmonic legato" is probably to be applied (holding the chord's elements with fingers): .

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Pedalling

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