In the 1st half of the bar Chopin wrote in A two versions of the harmonic legato, overlapping – holding B
as a crotchet and f as a double-dotted crotchet (as at the beginning of the next bar) and holding B as a minim (as in the remaining adjacent figures). These versions were probably entered at a different time with the intention of one replacing the other, which Chopin eventually forgot to do. To the main text we adopt the second version, which more naturally combines with the authentic half-bar pedal; we suggest the first one – after removing the erroneous 2nd dot prolonging the f crotchet – as an alternative solution. The version as in our main text is also to be found in the first editions.
category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions
issues: Corrections in A, Errors resulting from corrections, GE revisions, Rhythmic errors, Errors of A
notation: Rhythm