The and indications added in EE1 may come from Chopin, added together with cresc. - - in the previous bars. However, their authenticity raises doubts:
- leading crescendo until seems to be precocious, if we take into consideration the scale and the dynamic structure of the entire Marche;
- in EE the typeface of the dashes marking the range of cresc. is different in bar 60 than in the previous bars. It can indicate a later addition of dynamic indications in this place, which could also include the signs in bars 61-62;
- in EE2 was changed to , which, unless it is an arbitrary revision, may be a correction of an erroneous interpretation of Chopin entry in the base text to EE1.
There are three possibilities:
- the strongly contrasting and indications in EE1 are authentic;
- Chopin wrote only and , which was misinterpreted in EE1 and corrected in EE2;
- none of these indications is authentic.
In this case, in the main text we do not include the indications of EE, alternatively, we suggest, however, two variant solutions.
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations
issues: EE revisions, Authentic corrections of EE
notation: Verbal indications