The sound of the 2nd quaver intended by Chopin gives rise to doubts. JC has here a b
-e1-g1 triad, while EF – a b-g1 sixth. Each of those versions smoothly combines both with the spread chord d-b-f1 in the previous bar and the next three quavers creating a B major chord. Those versions, and particularly the sixth confirmed in analogous bar 39, may be considered as a fully-fledged alternative for the reconstruction of the version of [A] described below.
PE has here an e-g-e1 chord, most probably including the erroneous in this context e note. Taking into consideration various possibilities of the lithographer's errors, as well as the harmonic content and the accompaniment's voice-leading, we consider the g-b-e1 chord as the most justified reconstruction of the version of [A] and we propose it in such form in the main text.
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources
issues: Terzverschreibung error, Errors in PE
notation: Pitch
