One of the intriguing features of FCs is the almost complete absence of augmentation dots in 
groups. The dots are present only in bar 3 next to d
2, in the 2nd half of bar 9 (all necessary ones), in bar 17 next to the e1-g
1-b1-e2 chord and in bar 22 next to a1, which means that 56 dots were omitted. It could be a feature of Chopin's sketch autograph reproduced by Fontana or facilitation applied by the copyist, who, perhaps, was copying it under time pressure. We prefer the former – if Fontana had been omitting dots due to time pressure, he could have added them later. On the other hand, since he was copying Chopin's incomplete and, consequently, ambiguous notation, he could be afraid that he might guess it incorrectly.
In the edited FCs version we provide, we add all these dots after the final version.
If the Chopinesque sketch was actually devoid of dots, one could assume that Chopin first wrote bare quavers in these places and then added semiquaver beams "en bloc", omitting the majority of dots due to their obvious nature in this situation.
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information
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notation: Rhythm