GE1
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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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2 quavers in AsI

Quaver & rest in A (→GE1GE2), arpeggio sign after chord

Quaver & rest in FE, EE & FESB

Quaver & rest in GE3, no arpeggio sign

Changes to the accompaniment in the last bar of a phrase are often to be found in Chopin's works. Generally, they consist in the reduction of elements, as a result of which the more or less strict rhythmic pattern gets broken, which, in turn, makes one expect the upcoming change – cf. e.g. the Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, b. 145 or the Prelude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 16, b. 16-17. Incidentally, in the full version – with orchestra – the pizzicato accompaniment rhythm does not signal the return of the first phrase at all.

The arpeggio marking having been placed after the chord is probably Chopin's mistake, since it is unlikely that a wavy line in this position could have a different meaning than a common arpeggio. Therefore, in the main text we move it to before the chord, in accordance with the correction introduced by the majority of the editions.  

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Accompaniment changes

notation: Rhythm

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Original in: New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Nowy Jork