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  b. 390-391

No 8va - - in A, literal reading

8va - - in GE (→FE,EE,IE)

Chopin almost certainly committed a mistake (he did not finish the octave sign), which is proven by:

  • the absence of loco, with which Chopin would always end the 8va - - - indication;
  • breaking the virtuoso momentum of the figuration, which was not led to the end of the scale (f4) – cf. bars 382-383;
  • the parts of both hands unnaturally coinciding on the last quaver in bar 390, f3.

Therefore, in the main text we provide the GE version (→FE,EE,IE), in which Chopin's intention was undoubtedly figured out correctly.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions, Errors of A

notation: Pitch

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