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AsI - Working autograph of score
A - Autograph fair copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE1
GE3 - Second German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FESB - Later French edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 80-84

In the sources there are no naturals specifying the sound of the top note of the mordents. However, the phrase is clearly kept in the key of F major, which is indicated by the arrangement of the individual chords within the four-bar section. The fact that it is also here that Chopin heard the key of F major and not of B major is proven by the e2 notes present in the figuration in b. 112-113 (116-117), particularly in the melody by the end of b. 188. Omission of accidentals specifying the sound of secondary mordent, trill or grupetto notes was rather a rule than an exception in the Chopinesque notation. 

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