A
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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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In A there are no accidentals to the first L.H. octave, while the  lowering a to a is only just before the 2nd crotchet. Chopin's mistake is evidenced by the  before the bottom note of the last octave in this bar, which would be irrational if the 1st octave were supposed to be A-a (naturally, the mistake is also evidenced by the logic of the chromatic bass sequence). The mistake of A was carefully corrected by FE (→GE,EE) – flats were added to the 1st octave and the consequently superfluous accidental to a in the 2nd crotchet was removed.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals, Errors of A, Authentic corrections of FE, Last key signature sign

notation: Pitch

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