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  b. 76

e2-e3 repeated in FE, different interpretation

The FE notation is contradictory – the ties to the e2-e3 crotchet, even if they were to be considered slurs, interfere with the rest on the last quaver. It can be pointing to an unfinished correction from the version with a repeated octave (our alternative suggestion) to a tied octave (our main text), or the other way round. According to us, the first option is more likely – a tied octave rhythmically corresponds with the d2-d3 octave in bar 78, with Chopin changing the chord accompanying the tied melodic note in both cases. Therefore, this is the version we provide in the main text; it was also introduced by EE.

In FE (→GE) the e2-e3 octave is a crotchet, followed by a quaver rest. This is contradictory to the ties, prolonging it to the next bar. The mistake was corrected in EE.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions, Errors in FE, Errors repeated in GE

notation: Rhythm

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